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[en-teyl, en-teyl, en-teyl] / ɛnˈteɪl, ɛnˈteɪl, ˈɛn teɪl /


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Reforming the historic structure of multimember agencies will entail trade-offs but is worth considering as this new landscape takes shape.

From Slate Jul. 6, 2026

The pipeline proposal is now subject to a federal review to determine whether it qualifies as a nation-building project, which would entail an accelerated approval process.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

Essentially, such an economy would entail getting people and cargo to the moon and Mars, something that would need to be a regular occurrence for a true economy to develop around it.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2026

When the trade unwinds, it will entail the opposite of what’s been happening — the selling of individual-stock volatility and the buying of index volatility, and a likely sharp rise in correlations.

From MarketWatch Jun. 3, 2026

“Home does entail the presence of hearts that beat in unison....”

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

Only the second part of the Trump plan, involving active U.S. protection for friendly vessels, entails risky operations.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

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

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

It entails using both animals and machines to create fire breaks — a controversial solution in Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times May 30, 2026

Creating a sound carpet entails taking a story and adding sound effects, leitmotifs, instruments, vocal sounds, body percussion, and actors and/or a narrator, in order to bring literature to life.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

That entailed frequent calls to a large language model.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

In the model, the “availability” phase entailed contact and small-scale movements across the frontier, with trading relationships and marriage alliances, for example, forming gradually.

From Science Daily May 30, 2026

For Morris, stepping into the shoes of a Black journalist working during the Great Depression and in a still segregated reality entailed meaningful research.

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 2026

The Baltic country spends 5% of its GDP on national defence, Silina noted, which she said entailed a "much higher level of responsibility toward society... that requires clear results".

From BBC May 14, 2026

But this, too, entailed military weakness, and since the privations it inflicted were obviously unnecessary, it made opposition inevitable.

From "1984" by George Orwell

In recent years, a couple of local districts have rolled out pilot programs entailing the release of sterile male mosquitoes to drive the population down, a relatively new approach to tackling these mosquitoes.

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 2025

So, the fuel needs a larger percentage of this isotope, entailing higher uranium-235 enrichment than the 4 percent enriched LEU typically used in nuclear power plants.

From Scientific American Oct. 20, 2023

Sardinia has restaurants all over the island referred to as "agriturismo," which is where local farms offer up a dining experience typically entailing a set menu consisting of only ingredients from the property.

From Salon Oct. 1, 2023

Action taken: In May, Casino started court-backed talks with creditors; in June, it asked interested parties to table offers entailing at least 900 million euros of new money to fund a relaunch.

From Reuters Jul. 18, 2023

There are videos about the importance and difference of treble and bass clefs; there is a list of music terms and what they mean, and the site even contains videos entailing the transposition of music.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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