all-encompassing

adjective

: including everything or everyone
We're unlikely to find an all-encompassing solution.

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Rosé’s debut project Rosie is back at No. 90 on the physical-only tally and No. 96 on the all-encompassing sales roster. Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025 Built on a strong, all-encompassing foundation, the agency’s clients range from visual and performing artists to galleries and design studios to luxury fashion brands and VIPs. Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025 Unlike many of his colleagues, Hawking was not particularly interested in the development of a theory of everything, an all-encompassing set of equations that could explain all of physics. Paul Sutter, Space.com, 19 Mar. 2025 Filmmaker Eli Roth has launched The Horror Section, a new, all-encompassing horror media company that aims not just to make a killing in the independent scary movie space, but to also make horror fans an integral part of the company. Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for all-encompassing

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“All-encompassing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-encompassing. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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