OVERARCHING Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

overarching

adjective

Definition of overarching

as in extensive

formal including or influencing every part of something the book's overarching theme Computer downtime is an overarching problem in all departments.

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Recent Examples of overarching Every action the Administration has taken related towards Venezuela this year reflects that overarching goal. — David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Johnson did not respond to requests for additional details about the state’s salt procurement issues, but Randolph said his conversations with state officials indicate there are two overarching reasons for the price surges. — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026 Made up of top education officials and public school leaders from around the state, the committee is tasked with recommending revisions to the state’s overarching K-12 funding formula and will issue its first report later this fall. — Melissa Brown, Chalkbeat, 27 Aug. 2026 While the overarching tree debate still has time to play out, existing developments east of Alder Creek are putting immediate pressure on East Bidwell Street. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for overarching

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All require extensive discussion which would bring up a multitude of additional questions.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026
Fault-tolerant machines require extensive error correction, which adds more hardware and control requirements.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of extensive

Adjective

The widespread belief was Clippers general manager Trent Redden would fill that role, but the team has not publicly revealed its plans.

— Law Murray, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
That equation represents a much more general concept that can be applied to all sorts of figures and spatial dimensions.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of general

Adjective

Granted, Pollard needs only 1,083 yards to achieve a career high, but the Titans would like to get Tyjae Spears more involved and the overall quality of this offense remains a large question mark.

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Coming to the overall standings, while Mercedes managed to take a significant early lead with five successive wins for local boy Kimi Antonelli, McLaren and Ferrari have been closing in on the gap with some decent performances of late.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of overall

Adjective

The survey found that voters favored a generic Democratic candidate for Congress over a Republican 46% to 40%, but the Democratic advantage expanded to 11 points among those who definitely plan to vote.

— Zac Anderson, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
The result is an illusion of depth that ultimately spits out the exact same generic, corner-cutting structure.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of generic

Adjective

Sponsorships are ubiquitous in baseball, and that certainly applies to the independent leagues, where the first pitch, the final out, the stadium names, and the foul poles are often named.

— Sam Blum, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
In 1971, the company introduced the Quotron 800, a green-screen CRT monitor that became ubiquitous on Wall Street in the 1970s and 1980s.

— Brian Lund, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of ubiquitous

Adjective

China’s grain output reached a record 715 million tons in 2025, while national plans call for increasing comprehensive grain production capacity to about 725 million tons by 2030.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
In May, Raman announced a comprehensive Palisades recovery plan that touched on many of the demands fire survivors had been voicing for more than a year.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of comprehensive

Adjective

Sunderland, of course, spent heavily last season after coming up from the Championship, and there is a broad consensus that promoted teams need to do so to quickly bring their squads up to scratch.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The approach fits the US military’s broader effort to increase the availability of hypersonic flight-test infrastructure.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of broad

Adjective

There has been a widespread opinion that football has become too rigid and regimented in recent seasons, but Luis Enrique’s PSG are one of the few antidotes to that.

— Art de Roché, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Millions of people live in or near bear habitat across the Rockies, where widespread drought has reduced supplies of nuts, berries and plants that bears eat.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

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