entailed

Example Sentences

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And that leaves open the possibility that if he did understand what they entailed, he would understand that precedent doesn’t actually allow them.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

Canadian officials never elaborated on what that entailed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 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

Filings also note a $1 million payment to Weiss that entailed compensation for family members and payments to his personal American Express card, and a $205,500 disbursement to Stitsky “including salary to a fictitious person.”

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

“No wonder she was ill, the child was the wrong way round and she had to have an operation which entailed turning the child with forceps.”

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman