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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Football these days is so all-consuming and non-stop that there’s little space for anticipation.
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The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 11 June 2025
Unfortunately, that dream turned into an all-consuming obsession.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 11 June 2025
These spectacular environments and their all-consuming nature are often a form of therapy, a response to loneliness, boredom, trauma, mental illness, or religious mania–sometimes a combination.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
Trump’s ability to flip a switch and ease the all-consuming pressure on the global economy, at least somewhat, is probably the most blunt and effective tool in modern history to reverse any sentiment doom spiral.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
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The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 11 June 2025
Unfortunately, that dream turned into an all-consuming obsession.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 11 June 2025
These spectacular environments and their all-consuming nature are often a form of therapy, a response to loneliness, boredom, trauma, mental illness, or religious mania–sometimes a combination.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
Trump’s ability to flip a switch and ease the all-consuming pressure on the global economy, at least somewhat, is probably the most blunt and effective tool in modern history to reverse any sentiment doom spiral.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
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“All-consuming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-consuming. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.
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