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encompass

[en-kuhm-puhs] / ɛnˈkʌm pəs /




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Extending the concept of “team” to encompass “community” saved Goruck after the company was started in 2008.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

A template was then set up for other Instagrammers to take advantage, going on to encompass buzzy topics like East Asian rappers, the use of A.I. in the insurance industry, and the Himalayas.

From Slate Aug. 28, 2026

A wildfire in Big Sur has burned 2,000 acres, spurred evacuations that encompass the Nepenthe restaurant and the Alila Ventana resort, and closed state parks in the area.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

It’s understood that Cosby and his wife, Camille, spend a majority of their time at their enormous Shelburne Falls, Mass., estate, which is made up of multiple properties that encompass more than 600 acres.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 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

Across the French Mediterranean coast, including Corsica, that zone encompasses about 1,700 kilometers of coastline, 187 towns, and at least 164,000 residents.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

The authenticity of the production encompasses the music.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

The actor paid a reported $15 million for the property, which encompasses a staggering 5,400 acres and has been described as one of the world’s largest privately owned islands.

From MarketWatch Sep. 1, 2026

Accessible via a small door to the right of the building’s famous front steps, the new attraction encompasses only a third of the existing undercroft, suspended within the larger surrounding space.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

New Guinea, though it accounts for only a small fraction of the world’s land area, encompasses a disproportionate fraction of its human diversity.

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

"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

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

From Barron's Aug. 8, 2026

The list also encompassed a greater pool of owners than those who will ultimately be taxed—about 960,000 properties out of roughly 3.7 million units in the city.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

His long, productive career encompassed more than six decades, in each of which his live performances and recordings continually attested to his preeminence as one of jazz history’s most vital, innovative and influential artists.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 2026

Some zones were so large that they encompassed several planets, while others covered only a few kilometers on the surface of a single world.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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

Mamdani’s office said this list was just a starting point and was far more encompassing than who would ultimately face the tax.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

The estate was a huge piece of land, acres, encompassing a horse bam, a large vegetable garden, and a pool, tended by a young white caretaker named Harry.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride




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