encompassed

Example Sentences

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But it also offered the audience a chance to look back on a career that’s encompassed virtually every major shift in pop music over the last two decades.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 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

The survey, which encompassed 1,000 full-time U.S. employees, also notes that 51% of workers said they skip lunch once a week.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 27, 2025

Officials said that the investigation of the blast, which encompassed an entire building, was in its early stages and that they didn’t know what caused it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

The old primordial gods like Gaea and Tartarus...How could you leave home and ever be independent of your parents, when they literally encompassed the entire world?

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan