entailed

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From the outset, the company was a little vague about what the service actually entailed.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

"But I would tell them this, they haven't a clue what this investigation has entailed," he told the Tucson Sentinel newspaper this week.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

While it was debatable how much flexibility “around 5%” entailed, most market participants viewed this as within 0.2-0.3 percentage points of 5%.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

And while we’ve never really had the full gory details and what that’s entailed, it’s obviously been a subject of informed speculation.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026

Third, when Washington talked about independence from foreign nations, his understanding of what American independence entailed cut much deeper than the patriotic veneer customarily suggested by the term.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis