as in extensive
as in encompassing
The law was designed to have an all-encompassing effect.
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Recent Examples of all-encompassing
Dense, quick, and all-encompassing, TDS gathers all the latest automotive headlines from around the globe in one place.
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Joel Feder, The Drive, 25 Feb. 2026
For The Times) Dudamel‘s approach is to attempt the all-encompassing.
—Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
At present, the sharpening that is required to dive into the truth of Miller’s work for both actors is all-encompassing.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2026
The result were movies that felt all-encompassing while eluding easy categorization.
—Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2026
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Joel Feder, The Drive, 25 Feb. 2026
For The Times) Dudamel‘s approach is to attempt the all-encompassing.
—Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
At present, the sharpening that is required to dive into the truth of Miller’s work for both actors is all-encompassing.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2026
The result were movies that felt all-encompassing while eluding easy categorization.
—Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for all-encompassing
Adjective
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The books contain extensive notes on the drugs’ synthesis and effects.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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The Madison has extensive strains of DNA from Redford’s adaptation of The Horse Whisperer, with its emphasis on a rural escape as the ultimate salve for psychic wounds, but also Ordinary People, a film about the impact of grief on the family unit.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Stanton opposed it, and urged the group to hold out for a universal-suffrage law, though no such amendment was forthcoming.—
Moira Donegan,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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Elizalde said conversations about universal free pre-K date back well before the voucher-like program went into effect.—
Silas Allen,
Dallas Morning News,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The two highest-ranking senators, President Pro Tempore Martin Looney of New Haven and Majority Leader Bob Duff of Norwalk, said the omnibus package had been signed off by the key players.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
3 Mar. 2026
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Per the 2025 omnibus tax and spending bill, babies born between Jan. 1, 2025, and Dec. 31, 2028, will receive $1,000 in seed money from the Treasury to launch an IRA-style account.—
Sasha Richie,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Much more encompassing than detecting software code vulnerabilities .—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
4 Mar. 2026
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But that changed in the 2000s, when post-op care became more encompassing after rearranging patients’ internal organs.—
Max Scheinblum,
Denver Post,
20 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Pope said grade inflation remains so pervasive because all parties benefit from it, offering a perverse incentive that perpetuates the seemingly benign practice semester after semester.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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There was a pervasive sense among the workers that the government was ignoring—if not outright encouraging—violence against white farmers.—
Boyce Upholt,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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“All-encompassing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/all-encompassing. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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