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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Much like the intensive training process leading up to the Games, creating show-stopping Olympic leotards is a rigorous and all-consuming undertaking.
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Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 10 July 2024
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—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024
Many a bartender have found themselves in the throes of addiction purely based on the all-consuming nature of the position.
—Brandi California, SPIN, 1 July 2024
Brat has dominated the cultural conversation for the past month, becoming the type of all-consuming pop-culture moment that fans of the future-forward pop princess have been dying for.
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Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 10 July 2024
Advertisement For the French, though, the contest was all-consuming.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024
Many a bartender have found themselves in the throes of addiction purely based on the all-consuming nature of the position.
—Brandi California, SPIN, 1 July 2024
Brat has dominated the cultural conversation for the past month, becoming the type of all-consuming pop-culture moment that fans of the future-forward pop princess have been dying for.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2024
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“All-consuming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-consuming. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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