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
The process of choosing a school has been all-encompassing for the Martinezes, Selina said.
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Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 27 Jan. 2026
Longitudinal documentaries — shot over many years and following their subjects over wide swaths of their lives — sometimes have a tendency to totalize, almost as if their scope justifies and perhaps demands a solemn, all-encompassing thesis.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2026
Nina Ball’s set design is all-encompassing, with a nice touch of a handful of audience members sitting on the right and left of the stage.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
Adam is truly, in his soul, all-encompassing.
—Sarah Sotoodeh , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 17 Jan. 2026
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Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 27 Jan. 2026
Longitudinal documentaries — shot over many years and following their subjects over wide swaths of their lives — sometimes have a tendency to totalize, almost as if their scope justifies and perhaps demands a solemn, all-encompassing thesis.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2026
Nina Ball’s set design is all-encompassing, with a nice touch of a handful of audience members sitting on the right and left of the stage.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
Adam is truly, in his soul, all-encompassing.
—Sarah Sotoodeh , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 17 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for all-encompassing
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China for decades has cultivated an extensive network of ties across Latin America and the Caribbean, a region that encompasses more than 30 countries and 670 million people.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
31 Jan. 2026
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For an extensive listing of my well-over one hundred analyses and postings, see the link here and the link here.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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This launch represents a significant step toward turning robots into universal, upgradable machines capable of performing diverse tasks in homes and workplaces.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Jan. 2026
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Others, including prohibitions on universal vote-by-mail and ranked choice voting -- two voting methods that have proved popular in some states -- would happen immediately.—
LISA MASCARO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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An omnibus federal program run cooperatively with states, Medicaid in Connecticut supports medical and behavioral health services, substance abuse treatment, and nursing home and in-home elder care in Connecticut.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
7 Jan. 2026
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For those who have decried the omnibus package as deregulation by another name, the regulations come too little, too late.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
12 Dec. 2025
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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
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Equally important, these countries have coordinated policy stances within more encompassing multilateral frameworks, such as the United Nations and its agencies, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Trade Organization, and the G-20.—
Stewart Patrick,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Sep. 2025
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There's just a pervasive sense of loss, of lives torn asunder for no particular reason, and a cast highly adept at delivering these punches.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Jan. 2026
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Food noise is described as persistent, pervasive, disruptive thoughts of food.—
Jessica Firger,
SELF,
29 Jan. 2026
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“All-encompassing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/all-encompassing. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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