encompass
verb (used with object)
have encompassed
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present perfectof encompass.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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Activists have encompassed newer, smaller movements, like Yingling’s, and older Palestinian- and Jewish-led movements, like the Westlake demonstrations organized by Palestinian collectives Falastiniyat and Samidoun.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2024
Murnau ripped him off for “Nosferatu,” bloodsucking stories have encompassed tragedy, comedy, the arty and the exploitive, straight horror and soft porn, teen romance and cartoons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2022
The three singles thus far released from the 1975’s delayed fourth album have encompassed everything from two-step garage and distorted, yowling punk rock to monologues from Greta Thunberg.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 1, 2020
L.A. police Chief Michel Moore said mandatory evacuations in the area have encompassed about 100,000 people in over 20,000 homes.
From Fox News ● Oct. 12, 2019
China may actually have encompassed two or more independent centers of origins of food production.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
