entail
verb (used with object)
to cause or involve by necessity or as a consequence.
has entailed
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present perfectof entail (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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"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
Much of his domestic travel has entailed visits to his properties in Florida and New Jersey or to major sporting events such as the Ryder Cup and the Super Bowl.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2025
"The work has been going on for the past eight years and has entailed running hundreds of simulations and using a hundred million hours of supercomputing facilities," says Santi Roca-Fàbrega.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 1, 2024
The work has entailed “training for staff, updating our computer system, our forms,” said Dr. Kirsten Alcorn, co-chief medical officer at Bloodworks.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2023
Their success has entailed a vast amount of labour on the computers of the "Berlin Year-Book."
From The Story of the Heavens by Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), Sir
