Thesaurus results for ENVELOPMENT

envelopment

noun

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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His trailblazing act had been reduced to a joyless recitation of his legal entanglements.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Trump strode into office for a second term vowing to avoid lengthy and expensive military entanglements.

— Konstantin Toropin, Fortune, 15 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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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
People who avoid intimacy often fear that emotional closeness will lead to loss of control, obligation or enmeshment.

— Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026

Definition of enmeshment

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Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to stalking charges in the 2024 ambush killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a move that could upend a looming state murder trial.

— Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Stassi is no stranger to an ambush; one of her most iconic Vanderpump Rules scenes remains one of the best ambushes reality TV’s ever seen.

— Caroline Framke, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of ambush

Noun

Jurin keeps working after the conversation ends—across phone, email, web chat and LINE, the messaging app used by the vast majority of Japan’s population—connecting plain language to the software that acts.

— Jurin AI Contributor, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
There appears to be no indication the scammer or scammers behind this web of deception are anywhere close to slowing down.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026

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