overarching
adjective
over·arch·ing
ˌō-vər-ˈär-chiŋ 
1
: forming an arch overhead
an overarching bower
an overarching bridge
2
: dominating or embracing all else
overarching goals
overarching ambition
projects of overarching public benefit—
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Computer downtime is an overarching problem in all departments.
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Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
Minnesota’s agreement stems from an overarching term sheet the Crown and Big Ten Conference signed in 2024; the league has a preexisting relationship with Fox.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Chase scenes through the jungle and an FBI raid on a clinic providing treatment to the poor are united by the series’s overarching alignment with David against big pharma’s Goliath, an identity that feels as essential to the show as cutie creatures like Marshall’s tortoise Socrates.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
Omar Giri Calliappan, COO of the OTT division at Indonesia’s Vision+, told an audience this morning at Filmart that a merger between the two entities, both of which are owned by the overarching conglomerate MNC, was inevitable.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2026
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“Overarching.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overarching. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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