encompass
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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says an economic downturn sparked by weakness in credit would encompass more than just the private credit segment and be more severe than many expect.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
Questions remain around the uptake of new oral GLP-1 drugs, which are set to encompass around a quarter of the total GLP-1 market by 2030.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
It’s a challenge because this book is trying to encompass a universe, and so the writer has to make choices.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026
They encompass communities well beyond the fenced-off airbase of RAF Akrotiri, on the island's southern tip.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026
A sudden, hard wind swirled up around them, and the monster spread its arms out wide, so wide they seemed to reach to opposite horizons, so wide they seemed big enough to encompass the world.
From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness
Vocabulary lists containing encompass
Born a Crime
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The Things They Carried
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