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encompass

[en-kuhm-puhs] / ɛnˈkʌm pəs /




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A wildfire in Big Sur has burned 2,000 acres, spurred evacuations that encompass the Nepenthe restaurant and the Alila Ventana resort, and closed state parks in the area.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

It’s understood that Cosby and his wife, Camille, spend a majority of their time at their enormous Shelburne Falls, Mass., estate, which is made up of multiple properties that encompass more than 600 acres.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

Rather than explain how a leaner fish or one packed in oil might change the cake, the recipe simply expands to encompass nearly anything.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

Overall, 67 percent of Americans play video games for at least an hour a week -- a figure broad enough to encompass everything from blockbuster console titles to casual mobile games like Wordle.

From Barron's Jun. 7, 2026

For hours they stared relentlessly at the scarlet ribbon on the map and hated it because it would not move up high enough to encompass the city.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

Archosaurs, in turn, are the lineage that encompasses two of the best-known groups of terrestrial vertebrates: crocodiles and dinosaurs, including birds.

From Science Daily Aug. 10, 2026

CFO Amrita Ahuja told MarketWatch that the raised outlook encompasses more than just the beat from the latest quarter.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

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

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

That district had been Tennessee's 9th, which encompassed Memphis and was reliably won by Democrats.

From Barron's Aug. 8, 2026

The list also encompassed a greater pool of owners than those who will ultimately be taxed—about 960,000 properties out of roughly 3.7 million units in the city.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Sales for the latest quarter, which encompassed the key holiday-shopping period, were $30.45 billion, down 1.5%, with same-store sales down 2.5%.

From MarketWatch Mar. 3, 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

He laid his hands upon my shoulders, our two heads encompassed by the mirror; my ebon frock-coat glistening anew in the candlelight.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

Mamdani’s office said this list was just a starting point and was far more encompassing than who would ultimately face the tax.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

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

Matcha is one, another being Starbucks’s Refreshers drinks—which Nestle has turned into a concentrate encompassing green coffee extract.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

Not only is it a perfectly respectable Bengali good name, meaning “he who is entire, encompassing all,” but it also bears a satisfying resemblance to Nikolai, the first name of the Russian Gogol.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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