as in systematically
with attention to all aspects or details
no period in American history has been as comprehensively studied as the Civil War
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Recent Examples of comprehensively
Research shows that combining aerobic exercise and resistance training can support your body more comprehensively than either type alone.
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Brittany Dube, Health, 5 May 2026
The tools of cinema change quickly, often comprehensively.
—Dennis Lim, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
Built in the 1920s, the Reflecting Pool and its surroundings were comprehensively renovated in 2012, paid for by $34 million in Obama-era stimulus funding.
—Joe Walsh, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
Now researchers have comprehensively looked at how birth order affects the likelihood of various health conditions.
—Sara Novak, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2026
Trust, once comprehensively destroyed, cannot be rebuilt in a hotel in Islamabad over 21 hours.
—Farah N. Jan, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2026
Who would have thought a suite of songs that cover being annoyed at TV chef Jamie Oliver and some rich Tesla driver moving into an old flame’s flat would be so comprehensively devastating?
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
As customers and competitors make aggressive moves to implement AI, staying ahead means finding ways to embed AI into operations more comprehensively to reap its benefits at greater and greater scale.
—Terrence Curtin, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
Its exports, especially the HQ-9B missile system and JY-27A radar, which Beijing has marketed as a long-range shield against advanced aircraft and missiles, comprehensively failed in the face of American assaults.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
Brittany Dube, Health, 5 May 2026
The tools of cinema change quickly, often comprehensively.
—Dennis Lim, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
Built in the 1920s, the Reflecting Pool and its surroundings were comprehensively renovated in 2012, paid for by $34 million in Obama-era stimulus funding.
—Joe Walsh, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
Now researchers have comprehensively looked at how birth order affects the likelihood of various health conditions.
—Sara Novak, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2026
Trust, once comprehensively destroyed, cannot be rebuilt in a hotel in Islamabad over 21 hours.
—Farah N. Jan, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2026
Who would have thought a suite of songs that cover being annoyed at TV chef Jamie Oliver and some rich Tesla driver moving into an old flame’s flat would be so comprehensively devastating?
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
As customers and competitors make aggressive moves to implement AI, staying ahead means finding ways to embed AI into operations more comprehensively to reap its benefits at greater and greater scale.
—Terrence Curtin, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
Its exports, especially the HQ-9B missile system and JY-27A radar, which Beijing has marketed as a long-range shield against advanced aircraft and missiles, comprehensively failed in the face of American assaults.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comprehensively
Adverb
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When everything said on stage, on a podcast, or in an earnings call can be systematically indexed and analyzed for consistency, contradiction, and consensus, the nature of public statements tends to change.—
Gina Chua,
semafor.com,
6 May 2026
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Sylvie systematically deconstructs Suzanna’s world.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
Adverb
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Key tips include using room-temperature ingredients and thoroughly creaming butter, cream cheese, and sugar.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 May 2026
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Many researchers had assumed that all robotic missions sent there would so thoroughly succumb to Venus’s brutal combo of scorchingly hot surface temperature and crushingly high atmospheric pressure that little would be left behind for subsequent study.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
10 May 2026
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“Comprehensively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comprehensively. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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