encompass
Example Sentences
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The holding encompasses seven parcels of land and a fish pond with a private, white-sand beach.
From MarketWatch
For now, the Christmas Eve decision only applies to ICE’s San Francisco Area of Responsibility, a region encompassing all of Northern and Central California, as far south as Bakersfield.
From Los Angeles Times
This one is the “Santa Claus rally,” and it encompasses the last five trading days of one year and the first two trading days of the next.
From MarketWatch
The government’s November retail sales report, which encompasses the busy Thanksgiving weekend, typically provides a key reading on the health of holiday spending.
Or the government could ask the National Archives to pursue the return of all “presidential records,” which would encompass classified documents.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
