as in extensive
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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
The overarching difficulty is to concurrently remedy the challenges of ecological collapse and economic impoverishment.
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Suwanna Gauntlett, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Each episode digs a little deeper into the overarching mystery, while also giving us a delightful new murder case to solve.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
By combining these two departments, Congress sought to create an overarching agency that could more cohesively and strategically support American museums and libraries.
—Devon Akmon, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2025
This applies to Emery’s Villa, forged on a repeating, overarching system where players are choreographed to stay in certain positions and learn attacking or defensive patterns.
—Mark Carey, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
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Suwanna Gauntlett, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Each episode digs a little deeper into the overarching mystery, while also giving us a delightful new murder case to solve.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
By combining these two departments, Congress sought to create an overarching agency that could more cohesively and strategically support American museums and libraries.
—Devon Akmon, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2025
This applies to Emery’s Villa, forged on a repeating, overarching system where players are choreographed to stay in certain positions and learn attacking or defensive patterns.
—Mark Carey, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for overarching
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overarching
Adjective
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This propulsive narrative is buttressed by extensive research documented in voluminous footnotes.—
Book Marks
June 27,
Literary Hub,
27 June 2025
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To drink, tableside martini service, an extensive wine list, and full bar, of course.—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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The President then turned to the club’s general manager Damien Comolli, asking the same question.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
19 June 2025
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Team president of basketball operations and general manager Rob Pelinka had previously said James will be keeping an eye on how the roster improves in the offseason.—
Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
19 June 2025
Adjective
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The real deal-breaker, experts say, is your overall health and facial structure.—
Audrey Noble,
Vogue,
16 June 2025
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One major remaining question, though, is whether the measure can survive Democratic procedural challenges as Republicans advance the overall legislation through the budget reconciliation process.—
Gabrielle M. Etzel,
The Washington Examiner,
16 June 2025
Adjective
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Not generic observations everyone agrees with, but the perspectives that might make some people uncomfortable while making others feel deeply understood.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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Gilead has negotiated royalty-free licensing deals with six generic manufacturers to manufacture lenacapavir for prevention for 120 low- and middle-income countries.—
Alice Park,
Time,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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Some have come out of nowhere, others have taken months to catch on, and all of them could become ubiquitous in the blink of a TikTok clip.—
Jason Lipshutz,
Billboard,
18 June 2025
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A lot can happen in 20-plus years: careers can rise and fall, empires can crumble under their own weight, cult fan favorites can give birth to money-minting franchises, a minor horror subgenre can suddenly become ubiquitous.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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By The New York Times The overhaul was a far cry from the comprehensive review to evaluate aid programs and realign them with U.S. foreign policy that Mr. Trump promised on his first day in office.—
Amy Schoenfeld Walker,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
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The 2015 deal, signed by Iran, U.S., and other world powers, created a long-term, comprehensive nuclear agreement that limited Tehran’s enrichment of uranium in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions.—
Aamer Madhani,
Christian Science Monitor,
22 June 2025
Adjective
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But, like all industrious publishers, Dunton had broader ambitions: to seed new publics for his writing.—
Merve Emre,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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Oil prices have surged following Israel’s initial strikes on Iranian targets on Friday and retaliatory attacks by Tehran amid concerns that a broader regional conflict could disrupt oil exports from the Middle East.—
Alexis Akwagyiram,
semafor.com,
16 June 2025
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Despite the Trump administration's assertions on Friday, the U.S. government has described Haiti as a country with deep political instability and plagued by gang violence and widespread poverty.—
June 27,
CBS News,
27 June 2025
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So, given the popularity of models like the Maverick, why have cheap vehicles gone nearly extinct? Higher margins on similar costs Back in the early 20th century, affordable cars were key to the widespread adoption of the automobile.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
27 June 2025
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“Overarching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overarching. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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