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
That has entailed securities regulators looking to require public companies to disclose their climate risks and strategies and central banks conducting stress tests or scenario analysis exercises to gauge lenders’ climate vulnerabilities.
From Scientific American ● May 30, 2023
It has entailed great hardship on a class that is small in number, namely, those who have to live on fixed incomes.
From War-Time Financial Problems by Hartley Withers
