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encompass

[en-kuhm-puhs] / ɛnˈkʌm pəs /




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While pharmacy and digital sales were strong, identical sales–which encompass in-store revenue–fell 0.8%.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

The figure does not encompass all cyclosporiasis infections arising from other causes.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

"Roman will extend the search far enough to encompass other galactic habitats, which could help us learn how planet formation varies across different regions of the Milky Way."

From Science Daily Jun. 1, 2026

Art, increasingly, is maximized to encompass us, and Cosm understands this moment well.

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 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

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

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

"I've never felt like my last name reflected the love that encompasses my life," Hannah says.

From BBC Jul. 18, 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

The area encompassed by the geofence can be larger than several football fields.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 26, 2026

But it also offered the audience a chance to look back on a career that’s encompassed virtually every major shift in pop music over the last two decades.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2026

Those struggles encompassed the time since Kroger’s $25 billion deal to buy rival Albertsons was terminated in December 2024, more than two years after it was announced.

From MarketWatch Feb. 9, 2026

The judge also found that executive orders issued by Trump had relied on a definition of antisemitism that encompassed First Amendment-protected speech — the same definition recommended by the Massachusetts Commission.

From Salon Nov. 30, 2025

“It’s a peace offering. You know, for before,” I said, flapping a hand that I hoped encompassed twelve years of general rudeness and animosity.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

La Guaira and the district encompassing the capital Caracas were the hardest hit, accounting for roughly half of all damage, according to the World Bank.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

Denning describes culture as encompassing values, norms, judgments, history, communities, moods, and even relationships involving power and care.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

It conducts research in geology, biology, engineering and physics, the latter encompassing experiments studying dark matter, astrophysics and neutrinos.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

The property is surrounded by lush landscaping and features sophisticated stone flooring encompassing the pool.

From MarketWatch May 18, 2026

All the gods became aspects of an all- encompassing god, Brahma.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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