- present tense form of encompass (3rd person singular).
encompasses
Example Sentences
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The newly released list is preliminary and encompasses roughly 960,000 properties out of a total of about 3.7 million units in the city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
This encompasses an estimated 18 million school-aged children.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
The analysts note that the U.S. government data encompasses all companies, public and private, so they conclude that profit and revenue from abroad are generally in the same proportion.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
“Seeing that face with all the cables and all the wires and all the things going on, it just kind of encompasses all of it and takes it right back,” he said.
From Slate ● Jul. 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
