- present tense form of entail (3rd person singular).
entails
Example Sentences
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They had grandparents for the kids to stay with, so they did not go—as tens of thousands do each year—into state custody, with the many attendant traumas that entails.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
"Parents and children now face an increased wait for these results, with all the anxiety this entails, through no fault of their own," he added.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
The economists said that in their base case, a strong event entails losses of between $3 trillion and $5 trillion across five years, or about 2.7% to 3.2% of global gross domestic product.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
A call spread strategy, which entails buying a call and selling another with a higher strike price but the same expiration, is one way to manage SpaceX’s high options prices.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
It entails looking at neurochemicals triggered when people play video games or use the Internet.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
