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
Key to Stone’s success is his all-encompassing approach.
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Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Money, 9 July 2025
Now, they’re matched for the eighth-most hits among K-pop solo stars on the all-encompassing chart.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
In Baseball Reference’s version of the all-encompassing metric, Muncy (2.9 bWAR) has the edge over Machado (2.5 bWAR).
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 3 July 2025
That approach offers not just a third choice, but many, because there’s never only one possible design or one all-encompassing set of limitations.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 27 June 2025
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Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Money, 9 July 2025
Now, they’re matched for the eighth-most hits among K-pop solo stars on the all-encompassing chart.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
In Baseball Reference’s version of the all-encompassing metric, Muncy (2.9 bWAR) has the edge over Machado (2.5 bWAR).
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 3 July 2025
That approach offers not just a third choice, but many, because there’s never only one possible design or one all-encompassing set of limitations.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for all-encompassing
Adjective
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However, its extensive amount of green space hasn’t always been a reality for the city.—
Opheli Garcia Lawler,
Travel + Leisure,
21 July 2025
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The Interview, Part One In this two-part discussion, Rockwell reflects on his extensive career and speaks to the many considerations that go into designing a restaurant.—
Sofia Perez,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
Adjective
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For Gen Xers, Hulk Hogan was a fantasy, like Batman or universal healthcare.—
John DeVore,
Rolling Stone,
26 July 2025
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All our experts agree on one universal truth: every body is different.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
26 July 2025
Adjective
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The veto was his third and least controversial: The others were an omnibus housing bill that had been drafted in consultation with his office and a measure that would have provided jobless benefits to strikers, which had been passed despite his veto threat.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
9 July 2025
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All Senate Democrats are expected to vote against the omnibus bill.—
Kevin Collier,
NBC news,
28 June 2025
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Identify your most pervasive beliefs and question them; once self-aware, the shift becomes possible.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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This floods the novel with a pervasive ontological instability; at the same time, these ghostly presences become an organizing principle for the style and form of the book itself.—
Katie Kitamura,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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“All-encompassing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/all-encompassing. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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