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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Donaldson is far from alone in suggesting that success at the highest levels can require an all-consuming commitment to work.
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026
Her worst outcome is that a valid grievance begins to look like an all-consuming battle, with aggression overshadowing principle and the fight itself becoming the story.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
The race to find and recover the officer had quickly become an all-consuming endeavor for the administration after the fighter jet was shot down on Friday.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026
At the same time, while acknowledging the public health impacts, Crosby pushed back on the perception that the pollution is a constant, all-consuming presence.
—Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026
Her worst outcome is that a valid grievance begins to look like an all-consuming battle, with aggression overshadowing principle and the fight itself becoming the story.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
The race to find and recover the officer had quickly become an all-consuming endeavor for the administration after the fighter jet was shot down on Friday.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026
At the same time, while acknowledging the public health impacts, Crosby pushed back on the perception that the pollution is a constant, all-consuming presence.
—Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
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“All-consuming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-consuming. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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