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inclusionary

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Recent Examples of inclusionary However, the Netherland Place home was bound by Denver’s inclusionary housing ordinance, which sets affordability covenants on some homes. — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 5 Aug. 2026 In addition to approving new services fees on May 19, the City Council unanimously approved a temporary inclusionary housing in-lieu fee. — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026 The admissions process alone is expensive and often more exclusionary than inclusionary. — Literary Hub, 21 May 2026 The developers plan to create 661 apartments, 165 of them affordable, or 25 percent, as required by mandatory inclusionary zoning. — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 24 Mar. 2026 Now, as the city reevaluates its efforts, an inclusionary zoning ordinance might return for consideration. — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026 Along with streamlining processes for 100% affordable projects, inclusionary housing compliance now includes offering 15% of units at 60-110% of the area median income. — Devan Patel, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026 The Orgy Dome is a safe, inclusionary, and exploratory environment. — Katie Bain, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2025

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To prevent that outcome, Washington needs an equally comprehensive strategy — one that takes America’s biotech ambitions as seriously as China takes its own.

— Patrick McHenry, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026
Media support is equally comprehensive, offering apps like Prime Video, Disney+, HBO Max, and YouTube with 3D/VR enhancements, alongside Xbox Cloud Gaming.

— Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of comprehensive

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This overarching label encompassed Anabaptists, Baptists, Brownists, Levelers, Antinomians, Presbyterians, Ranters and many of the highly individual prophets and seers of 1640s Britain.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
This is to ensure conformance to an overarching body of human values, standards, cultural norms, expectations and usability considerations.

— Keith Tidman, Baltimore Sun, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of overarching

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While the property’s extensive and expensive renovation has elevated nearly every corner of the resort, the room doors appear to have been overlooked.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
Contact the treating clinician promptly for worsening pain, spreading redness or warmth, pus-like drainage, fever, extensive blistering, eye symptoms, or a reaction substantially more severe than described.

— Malana VanTyler, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026

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Meta owns Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, and its pervasive internet presence — along with the app’s relatively easy interface — largely drove the AI agent’s success.

— Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026
And despite the pervasive use of AI as a tool throughout the competition, its only contribution to the winning team was to write an upload script.

— Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of pervasive

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The future looks bleak for many students Anxieties about the job market, homeownership and adulthood are widespread across the East Lansing campus, even among those who are not deeply involved in politics.

— Jacqueline Ganun, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
However, widespread deployment still depends on compatible vehicles, chargers, communications systems, regulations, and business models.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of widespread

Adjective

Russian media highlighted an even broader collection of technologies, including mass drone deployments, counter-drone systems, electronic warfare, precision weapons and mobile assault units.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
Individually, the songs on Beat were largely recognizable in the broader indie rock world—post-rock and shoegaze live alongside torchy trip-hop and pure ambient.

— Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of broad

Adjective

This unexpected ending shifts the narrative from military triumph to spiritually discerning and expressing God’s all-embracing love.

— Liesl Ehmke, Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2026
Then as now, his view of music was an all-embracing one that knew no stylistic boundaries.

— George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2024

Definition of all-embracing

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Four of these angles implicitly frame the corners of a square, while a fifth seems to indicate a wider area around it.

— Barry Schwabsky, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
The Trasks encounter a wide swath of citizens, haggling with sneaky cheats, exploiting innocent fools, and befriending big-hearted neighbors.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2026

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