all-encompassing

adjective

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

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Daron Acemoglu has argued for a more all-encompassing approach. John Cassidy, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025 What followed was a sweep so all-encompassing that had analysts saying the Wolves were a bad matchup for the Suns, and not the other way around. Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025 The musicians hit a new peak as the band’s total number of appearances on the all-encompassing jazz list advances to three. Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025 The deep fake issue was broken off into a separate bill because lawmakers could not agree on all the aspects of a much larger, all-encompassing bill that would regulate the fast-developing world of artificial intelligence. Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 8 Apr. 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 23 Apr. 2025.

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