Thesaurus results for ENVELOPMENT

envelopment

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Definition of envelopment

as in entanglement

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Recent Examples of envelopment Recent acoustical changes to the ever-challenging Houston hall have even yielded more sonic presence, warmth and envelopment. — Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 3 Mar. 2026

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Stars Dakota Fanning as a woman whose relationship with her boyfriend hits a rough patch just as her ex reappears in her life, leading to messy entanglements in the Alaskan wilderness.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026
But the company’s earnings call on Wednesday also underscored the financial entanglements between the chipmaker, the hyperscalers and the rest of the AI industry.

— Benjamin Guggenheim, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of entanglement

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Most of Harpman’s work that has so far been translated into English circles feelings of entrapment, disorientation, and exile.

— Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
The New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator later determined the newborn died by homicide, finding that the child died from entrapment after being placed and tied inside a plastic trash bag beneath bloody paper towels and other garbage.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of entrapment

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No single personality type or demographic was immune to the experience of a deep enmeshment with one’s audience, and to its profound consequences for their creativity and well-being.

— Julianna Pillemer, The Conversation, 18 Aug. 2026
Complex, intricate, and at all times realistic and humane, Famous Men is the pinnacle of the attempt to capture this specific and yet, all too universal, formative experience of enmeshment, devotion, and ego-death.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026

Definition of enmeshment

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Schools for young Werewolves are said to be in operation, staffed by SS officers who are teaching the students the tactics of ambush mobility.

— Danielle Parker, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Alberto Nunez Feijoo, leader of the opposition People’s Party, has led the charge against Sanchez’s government, criticizing him again on Thursday after the ambush of the military vehicle.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2026

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The platform, which is now in beta, aims to give its users a one-stop shop to create games and publish them for mobile and web platforms, with support for TVs and Steam coming soon, and monetize them.

— Corbin Bolies, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
The bootloading process is now streamlined enough that it can be completed without any downloads through a web interface after connecting the headset to a PC.

— Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2026

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