all-encompassing
adjective
: including everything or everyone
We're unlikely to find an all-encompassing solution.
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In addition to these all-encompassing discounts, several specific items are on sale for seriously low prices.
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Claire Harmeyer, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
Now, the rivalry has become so bitter and all-encompassing that even the conference office has to pick a side.
—J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2023
In her watery microcosms, Pantelis finds something all-encompassing.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
There is no shortage of beautiful places in South America: Thanks to all-encompassing world wonders like the Amazon and the Andes, pretty much any activity becomes more exciting—and more photogenic—when visiting this continent.
—Caitlin Morton, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Nov. 2023
Wound boldly tells the story of a young lesbian poet at a moment in which feminist and LGBTQ+ rights activists like Yulia Tsvetkova are being tried in Russian courts, mixing the narrator’s all-encompassing grief with the multifaceted beauty of the everyday world.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2023
This all-encompassing breakfast recipe delivers an entire meal in one skillet.
—Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2023
That it can instead be faulted for not catching him before the massacre is a measure of how resentment of the bureau has metastasized in MAGA-land, transforming it into an all-encompassing evil.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2023
The Emerging Artists chart ranks the most popular developing artists of the week, using the same formula as the all-encompassing Billboard Artist 100, which measures artist activity across multiple Billboard charts, including the Hot 100 and Billboard 200.
—Xander Zellner, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2023
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Claire Harmeyer, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
Now, the rivalry has become so bitter and all-encompassing that even the conference office has to pick a side.
—J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2023
In her watery microcosms, Pantelis finds something all-encompassing.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
There is no shortage of beautiful places in South America: Thanks to all-encompassing world wonders like the Amazon and the Andes, pretty much any activity becomes more exciting—and more photogenic—when visiting this continent.
—Caitlin Morton, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Nov. 2023
Wound boldly tells the story of a young lesbian poet at a moment in which feminist and LGBTQ+ rights activists like Yulia Tsvetkova are being tried in Russian courts, mixing the narrator’s all-encompassing grief with the multifaceted beauty of the everyday world.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2023
This all-encompassing breakfast recipe delivers an entire meal in one skillet.
—Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2023
That it can instead be faulted for not catching him before the massacre is a measure of how resentment of the bureau has metastasized in MAGA-land, transforming it into an all-encompassing evil.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2023
The Emerging Artists chart ranks the most popular developing artists of the week, using the same formula as the all-encompassing Billboard Artist 100, which measures artist activity across multiple Billboard charts, including the Hot 100 and Billboard 200.
—Xander Zellner, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2023
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