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encompasses

  • present tense form
    of encompass (3rd person singular).
    encompass
    verb (used with object)
    to form a circle about; encircle; surround.

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Beth Pinsker writes the Fix My Portfolio column, which encompasses investing, tax and retirement planning, healthcare expenses, estate planning and more.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

This encompasses an estimated 18 million school-aged children.

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026

A hotbed of feminist rebellion, its corset-shattering, myth-busting history encompasses a journey of emancipation, imagination, and healthy disdain for patriarchal expectations.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

“Seeing that face with all the cables and all the wires and all the things going on, it just kind of encompasses all of it and takes it right back,” he said.

From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2026

"It encompasses all that is made, unmade, and yet to be made."

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda