all-encompassing
adjective
: including everything or everyone
We're unlikely to find an all-encompassing solution.
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But some also say opinions about AI tend to fall into extremes on both ends — that tech leaders tout it as an all-encompassing solution, while anti-AI camps are burying their heads in the sand.
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Jared Perlo, NBC news, 28 May 2026
Jackson occupies a quintet of rungs on the Official Vinyl Albums chart, but unlike on the more all-encompassing Official Albums Sales tally, only two of his bestsellers reach new peak positions.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
War came in the summer of 1914 because of the all-encompassing fear that had gripped many Great Power leaders, looking for signs that they would be attacked.
—Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
Researchers will need to reassess continually both the gains and the losses related to new developments of hypertext and hypermedia in order to keep pace with and respond to the continuous, daunting, and all-encompassing changes of the communications landscape.
—Carmen Daniela Maier, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
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Jared Perlo, NBC news, 28 May 2026
Jackson occupies a quintet of rungs on the Official Vinyl Albums chart, but unlike on the more all-encompassing Official Albums Sales tally, only two of his bestsellers reach new peak positions.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
War came in the summer of 1914 because of the all-encompassing fear that had gripped many Great Power leaders, looking for signs that they would be attacked.
—Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
Researchers will need to reassess continually both the gains and the losses related to new developments of hypertext and hypermedia in order to keep pace with and respond to the continuous, daunting, and all-encompassing changes of the communications landscape.
—Carmen Daniela Maier, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
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“All-encompassing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-encompassing. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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