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encompass

[en-kuhm-puhs] / ɛnˈkʌm pəs /




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The expanded definition would encompass event contracts on sporting, political, cultural and weather-related events.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The board agreed to extend the review by one year at a time back to 2015, which would encompass up to 4,500 further cases and take an estimated five years to complete.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Forecasts from the Fed would benefit from scenarios that encompass the possibility that interest rates are signaling something more structural and lasting than a series of temporary shocks.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Evacuation warnings were issued in the area as the Palos fire grew to encompass 20 acres by about 4:15 p.m., according to Fire Department spokesperson Keith Navarre.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Loyally, it tried to encompass the concept and half a dozen coils burnt out.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

Today, however, that encompasses solidly middle-class, even working-class, households, not the $500,000+ cadre.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Identical sales—which encompasses in-store revenue, and excludes fuel sales—fell 0.8%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Year: 2013 Compiled by: Slate Staff Of note: Per the subheading, this encompasses “almost-forgotten moments” from recent history “that would have ‘won the Internet’ if they happened today.”

From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026

The main residential parcel encompasses approximately 4.2 acres, offering sweeping water views and plenty of privacy.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 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

The image also encompassed several French overseas territories, such as Saint-Pierre-and-Miquelon, Guadeloupe and Martinique.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

"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

Covitz has spent nearly three decades at the Fed, and his research has encompassed a range of topics on financial stability and credit markets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 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

It encompassed not only the vast archives, but the university, too, together with laboratories and glasshouses, medical theaters and music rooms, and even a celestial observatory.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

The debate about the appropriateness of wearing balaclavas in public places goes wider than e-bikes, encompassing anti-social behaviour, crime and some anti-immigration protests.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

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

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

A steady buzz is growing around China as advanced robotics emerges as the next frontier of the global AI boom, encompassing both investor enthusiasm and alarm from rivals such as the United States.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

The distances between islands of the Tongan archipelago, as well as the distances between Tonga and neighboring archipelagoes, were sufficiently modest that a multi-island empire encompassing 40,000 people was eventually established.

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


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