as in comprehensive
covering everything or all important points
an all-embracing explanation for the great diversity of life on the planet
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Recent Examples of all-embracing
The thought that we’re already included in the all-embracing atmosphere of divine Love was helpful in my prayers to love God more.
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Kyle Schaberg,
Christian Science Monitor,
31 Oct. 2025
In some ways, JavaScript is the people’s programming language: egoless and all-embracing.
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Sheon Han,
WIRED,
4 Mar. 2024
Then as now, his view of music was an all-embracing one that knew no stylistic boundaries.
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George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Jan. 2024
Imagine a literary world without public libraries, without a New York Public Library or a Library of Congress as all-embracing book collections, in which the sole arbiters of what’s kept and what’s pulped are the publishers themselves—or the conglomerates that take them over.
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Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
27 June 2023
The theme of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, ‘United by Music,’ announced both the annual musical extravaganza’s all-embracing intentions and its status as a joint endeavor.
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Mike McCahill,
Variety,
14 May 2023
But if life with father was so all-embracing, why then did Daisy Dawes need to tote a gun, or for that matter come here to Eloise’s Night Light to drink, dialogue, and make merry, or meditate three times a week?
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Anne Fadiman,
Harper’s Magazine ,
17 Feb. 2023
Kyle Schaberg,
Christian Science Monitor,
31 Oct. 2025
In some ways, JavaScript is the people’s programming language: egoless and all-embracing.
—
Sheon Han,
WIRED,
4 Mar. 2024
Then as now, his view of music was an all-embracing one that knew no stylistic boundaries.
—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Jan. 2024
Imagine a literary world without public libraries, without a New York Public Library or a Library of Congress as all-embracing book collections, in which the sole arbiters of what’s kept and what’s pulped are the publishers themselves—or the conglomerates that take them over.
—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
27 June 2023
The theme of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, ‘United by Music,’ announced both the annual musical extravaganza’s all-embracing intentions and its status as a joint endeavor.
—
Mike McCahill,
Variety,
14 May 2023
But if life with father was so all-embracing, why then did Daisy Dawes need to tote a gun, or for that matter come here to Eloise’s Night Light to drink, dialogue, and make merry, or meditate three times a week?
—
Anne Fadiman,
Harper’s Magazine ,
17 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for all-embracing
Adjective
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Without discussing too much in detail, councilmembers raised several potential alternatives during the meeting, including parking garage subsidies, downtown employee waivers and a comprehensive citywide review of parking programs.
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The first stage began in July 2025, when Meta announced comprehensive measures targeting accounts that repeatedly share unoriginal content without meaningful enhancement, building on enforcement actions that had already been taken against 500,000 accounts in the first half of the year.
Adjective
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Many have prizes, billboards and screens playing panoramic videos on loop.
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Even cities like Paris have plenty of options for cooling off in summer, from swimming in the Seine to Emily in Paris famous pools like Molitor (plan to spend a full day and lunch at the panoramic rooftop restaurant).
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It’s surrounded by a six-acre preservation full of towering conifers.
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Hochul is focusing on 100 acres, which is twice as large as Creedmoor, and the full Aqueduct tract is more than 200 acres.
Adjective
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As Tapestry prepares to open its second campus, Burgess will help lead the effort, bringing the school's inclusive model to a new community.
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Outgoing President Gustavo Petro took an inclusive approach to fighting crime.
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“All-embracing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/all-embracing. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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