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encompass

[en-kuhm-puhs] / ɛnˈkʌm pəs /




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Stern says people will still be able to check multiple racial and ethnic identification boxes on forms to encompass all the ways they identify.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

The Agents and Infra segment will encompass apps and agents, which include Microsoft 365 and GitHub, the multi-model system grounded in rich-enterprise context, and global-scale Azure infrastructure, Microsoft said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

The case, which began as a coordinated, bipartisan effort involving attorneys general from 29 states, eventually expanded to encompass 47, as well as the District of Columbia and three U.S. territories.

From Slate Aug. 26, 2026

The daily analysis has evolved over the years to encompass “common suppliers, common customers,” and even ”which stocks are grouped together in passive vehicles,” McNerney said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

Two weeks before the scheduled July 1 start of the talks, the Russians suddenly had insisted that the agenda be broadened to encompass negotiation of the test ban itself.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

But now, preppy style encompasses so, so much more.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

The authenticity of the production encompasses the music.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

Archosaurs, in turn, are the lineage that encompasses two of the best-known groups of terrestrial vertebrates: crocodiles and dinosaurs, including birds.

From Science Daily Aug. 10, 2026

CFO Amrita Ahuja told MarketWatch that the raised outlook encompasses more than just the beat from the latest quarter.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

It completely encompasses the distant tree, making it glow a hot blue-white and causing the surrounding air to crackle with electricity.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

"Throughout an extraordinary lifetime devoted entirely to artistic creation, Kusama pursued an internationally acclaimed career as a pioneering avant-garde artist whose creative practice encompassed visual art, performance, fiction, and poetry," it said.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

The full range of Jayhawks sounds are encompassed.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

That district had been Tennessee's 9th, which encompassed Memphis and was reliably won by Democrats.

From Barron's Aug. 8, 2026

“On the case side of things, I wanted something that encompassed the totality of the show,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 24, 2026

If ever there was a totemic memory that encompassed the man, it was that day.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

The protected area is enormous, encompassing everything we could see through our binoculars from there.

From Slate Sep. 8, 2026

Isak played 22 games encompassing 1,033 minutes, scoring four goals at a rate of one every 258 minutes.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

Sets of instruments were stationed along every wall of the room, fully encompassing us in sound.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

It estimates that its surplus on the “current account”—a trade measure encompassing goods, services and investment income—is headed to 1% of global GDP, a share no country has achieved in postwar history.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Quite a few of those families occupy large contiguous areas—in the case of Indo-European, the area encompassing most of Europe east through much of western Asia to India.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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