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
What started out as the formative steps in his religious journey quickly became an all-encompassing struggle.
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Ben Morse, CNN Money, 25 June 2025
The re-recorded effort, which has now spent 84 weeks on the all-encompassing ranking, jumps nearly 20 spots from No. 80 to No. 61.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
Kelly Cunningham, San Diego Institute for Economic Research YES: Smaller lot sizes may not be appropriate for every neighborhood, but all-encompassing requirements should not be imposed everywhere.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2025
Apple has a similarly all-encompassing suite of offerings, and Meta’s three major apps (Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) each have billions of users.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 3 June 2025
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Ben Morse, CNN Money, 25 June 2025
The re-recorded effort, which has now spent 84 weeks on the all-encompassing ranking, jumps nearly 20 spots from No. 80 to No. 61.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
Kelly Cunningham, San Diego Institute for Economic Research YES: Smaller lot sizes may not be appropriate for every neighborhood, but all-encompassing requirements should not be imposed everywhere.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2025
Apple has a similarly all-encompassing suite of offerings, and Meta’s three major apps (Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) each have billions of users.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for all-encompassing
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Melvin Doyle, meanwhile, has an extensive criminal record dating back to his late teens.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
9 July 2025
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The liner notes for the album contain extensive interviews with Stone as well as the other original members of the Family Stone.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
9 July 2025
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In that case, which stemmed from President Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship, the Supreme Court limited the use of universal injunctions in cases with individuals as plaintiffs, but gave lower courts more latitude in cases brought by states.—
Alexander Tin,
CBS News,
1 July 2025
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One of its key features is a single global namespace, a kind of universal address book that gives teams a single view of data across different locations and formats.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
1 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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At the end of a press conference on his veto of an omnibus housing bill and another that would have provided jobless benefits to strikers, the subject of the former New York governor’s comeback came up.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
24 June 2025
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For the first time this year, consumers pulled back on spending as the bad mood that’s been pervasive since tariffs hit caught up with retail data.—
Irina Ivanova,
Fortune,
28 June 2025
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Such ambition and optimism were pervasive across BIO.—
Nish Acharya,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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“All-encompassing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/all-encompassing. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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