all-encompassing
adjective
: including everything or everyone
We're unlikely to find an all-encompassing solution.
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The process of choosing a school has been all-encompassing for the Martinezes, Selina said.
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Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 27 Jan. 2026
Secure communicators anchor their language in personal experience rather than all-encompassing judgments.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
Longitudinal documentaries — shot over many years and following their subjects over wide swaths of their lives — sometimes have a tendency to totalize, almost as if their scope justifies and perhaps demands a solemn, all-encompassing thesis.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2026
Nina Ball’s set design is all-encompassing, with a nice touch of a handful of audience members sitting on the right and left of the stage.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
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Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 27 Jan. 2026
Secure communicators anchor their language in personal experience rather than all-encompassing judgments.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
Longitudinal documentaries — shot over many years and following their subjects over wide swaths of their lives — sometimes have a tendency to totalize, almost as if their scope justifies and perhaps demands a solemn, all-encompassing thesis.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2026
Nina Ball’s set design is all-encompassing, with a nice touch of a handful of audience members sitting on the right and left of the stage.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
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“All-encompassing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-encompassing. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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