as in extensive
as in encompassing
The law was designed to have an all-encompassing effect.
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Recent Examples of all-encompassing
What started out as the formative steps in his religious journey quickly became an all-encompassing struggle.
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Ben Morse, CNN Money, 25 June 2025
The re-recorded effort, which has now spent 84 weeks on the all-encompassing ranking, jumps nearly 20 spots from No. 80 to No. 61.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
Kelly Cunningham, San Diego Institute for Economic Research YES: Smaller lot sizes may not be appropriate for every neighborhood, but all-encompassing requirements should not be imposed everywhere.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2025
Apple has a similarly all-encompassing suite of offerings, and Meta’s three major apps (Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) each have billions of users.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 3 June 2025
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Ben Morse, CNN Money, 25 June 2025
The re-recorded effort, which has now spent 84 weeks on the all-encompassing ranking, jumps nearly 20 spots from No. 80 to No. 61.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
Kelly Cunningham, San Diego Institute for Economic Research YES: Smaller lot sizes may not be appropriate for every neighborhood, but all-encompassing requirements should not be imposed everywhere.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2025
Apple has a similarly all-encompassing suite of offerings, and Meta’s three major apps (Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) each have billions of users.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for all-encompassing
Adjective
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Miller, who had written only a brief outline at this point, wanted to visualize the film and effectively created an extensive graphic novel in the process.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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But if there’s an old-world atmosphere here, the amenities are also firmly up to date: there’s a surprisingly extensive list of complimentary activities on offer, from pasta-making classes to painting lessons.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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As predicted in Destiny’s Child No Longer, the era of universal newborn genomic screening is dawning.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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If so, more space-efficient universal simulations would be impossible.—
Ben Brubaker,
Wired News,
13 July 2025
Adjective
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All Senate Democrats are expected to vote against the omnibus bill.—
Kevin Collier,
NBC news,
28 June 2025
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At the end of a press conference on his veto of an omnibus housing bill and another that would have provided jobless benefits to strikers, the subject of the former New York governor’s comeback came up.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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Alcohol was pervasive, and so was the stigma that men, in particular, needed to tough it out even if that drinking had unsavory consequences.—
Cathy Applefeld Olson,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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Officials have also moved to tighten food safety regulations in recent years, but pervasive cases have shown more needs to be done in terms of enforcement and to build back public trust, experts say.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
9 July 2025
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“All-encompassing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/all-encompassing. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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