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 ideas are complicated, but the overarching theme is that Denver’s scheme will be less rigid than before.
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Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2025
And if you’re not invested in the overarching narrative of tech-industry intrigue, dystopian digital landscapes, and several terrabytes worth of sci-fi clichés mashed together by now, this will not get you on board.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
Through all these inconsistencies, absences, dissonances, and contradictions, an overarching coherence emerges.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025
Footnotes now to the team’s overarching failure.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
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Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2025
And if you’re not invested in the overarching narrative of tech-industry intrigue, dystopian digital landscapes, and several terrabytes worth of sci-fi clichés mashed together by now, this will not get you on board.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
Through all these inconsistencies, absences, dissonances, and contradictions, an overarching coherence emerges.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025
Footnotes now to the team’s overarching failure.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overarching
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Schools, hospitals, as well as water and electricity infrastructure have all been devastated during the two-year war from Israel’s extensive military campaign on the Gaza Strip, Amr said.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
18 Oct. 2025
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While his two-way role requires extensive off-field work to stay ready for both jobs, Ohtani had pitched in only two games over the past 30 days before Game 4, thanks to the permutations of the Dodgers’ schedule.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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For more on the Las Vegas Raiders and general NFL news, head over to Newsweek Sports.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Oct. 2025
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Phil Rinn was among those who felt the momentum needed to continue through a general strike, halting the flow of work and consumerism until substantial changes were made.—
Stephanie Murray,
AZCentral.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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More than 60% of European companies cite regulation as an obstacle to investment, and most see it as their biggest challenge overall.—
Jan Hammer,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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Many of the same names in the hosting category were named in the overall talk show category this year as well, including The Drew Barrymore Show, The Kelly Clarkson Show, The Jennifer Hudson Show and Live with Kelly and Mark.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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The pens are interchangeable with glargine, the generic alternative for Lantus, a once-a-day injection that regulates blood sugar.—
CalMatters,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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But these complaints do not negate the actual successes of inflation, nor its ability to make truly generic predictions.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
14 Oct. 2025
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Rare earths are ubiquitous in everyday technologies, from smartphones to wind turbines to LED lights and flat-screen TVs.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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His level of greatness is so ubiquitous that people use his namesake as a measuring stick in other realms.—
Devin Robertson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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The eastern campus will total 300,000 square feet and focus on comprehensive primary care, primary and specialty pediatric care, and adult and pediatric urgent care.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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Consider the personal income per resident yardstick, the bureau’s comprehensive measurement of all types of incomes, including those from jobs, businesses, investments, and government assistance.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
13 Oct. 2025
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Those connections have led some critics to argue that Devin Talbott’s political and business roles fit within a broader Democratic establishment network.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Oct. 2025
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The LNPs were injected carrying the Pdha2 mRNA into the rete testis to ensure broad delivery throughout the seminiferous tubules.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Oct. 2025
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Investigators say the cause of the blast may not be known for weeks or months, in part because the impact area is so widespread.—
Isabel Rosales,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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Still, the Epstein saga might have gradually faded from the national consciousness, even in spite of the widespread, unfounded belief that his 2019 suicide in a jail cell while awaiting trial was in fact a murder carried out to prevent him from implicating associates in his crimes.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Overarching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overarching. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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