all-consuming
adjective
: taking all of a person's time and attention : being the only thing a person thinks about
Her all-consuming passion was music.
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When that might happen is highly uncertain, and completely up to Guthrie, given this month’s agonizing and all-consuming search for her mother Nancy.
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Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026
Talking to your belongings is all-consuming.
—Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2026
The show captures the frenzy of all-consuming lust and the chaos that arises in the wake of a blazing hot relationship without true depth or knowledge of the other partner.
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Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026
Talking to your belongings is all-consuming.
—Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2026
The show captures the frenzy of all-consuming lust and the chaos that arises in the wake of a blazing hot relationship without true depth or knowledge of the other partner.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026
Like Kirk, Epstein has become an all-consuming meme across platforms.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2026
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“All-consuming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-consuming. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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