all-encompassing
adjective
: including everything or everyone
We're unlikely to find an all-encompassing solution.
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Frontotemporal dementia is an all-encompassing term for a group of brain disorders that threatens the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain.
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Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
Ahead of the Met Gala, the energy was palpable as guests predicted potential red carpet looks and took moments to appreciate the all-encompassing theme of breathing new life into old archival fashion.
—Lea Donenberg, Vogue, 6 May 2024
That puts the endeavor in line with Vision 2030, Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman’s all-encompassing plan to diversify the oil-rich kingdom’s economy and change its reputation from strict religious realm to tourism and sports hot spot, all while providing jobs for young Saudis.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
Blossom This app combines all-encompassing plant care guides in one central location.
—Kara Peeler, Sunset Magazine, 17 Apr. 2024
The all-encompassing episode called upon Sawai’s strengths as a martial artist, bilingual woman and actor of uncommon subtlety.
—Jake Kring-Schreifels, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2024
Rock had become ambitious (and intellectual), the New York salsa explosion was at its apex, and the movements of bossa nova and tropicália had coalesced into the all-encompassing MPB—Música Popular Brasileira.
—Ernesto Lechner, SPIN, 16 Apr. 2024
At 6-1 1/2 and 326 pounds, Jackson did not score well in the all-encompassing Relative Athletic Score, which might move him down some draft boards.
—Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2024
The result is an all-encompassing solution to your greatest skin care woes in a fast-absorbing, surprisingly gentle formula.
—Danielle Cohen, Glamour, 3 Apr. 2024
Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
Ahead of the Met Gala, the energy was palpable as guests predicted potential red carpet looks and took moments to appreciate the all-encompassing theme of breathing new life into old archival fashion.
—Lea Donenberg, Vogue, 6 May 2024
That puts the endeavor in line with Vision 2030, Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman’s all-encompassing plan to diversify the oil-rich kingdom’s economy and change its reputation from strict religious realm to tourism and sports hot spot, all while providing jobs for young Saudis.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
Blossom This app combines all-encompassing plant care guides in one central location.
—Kara Peeler, Sunset Magazine, 17 Apr. 2024
The all-encompassing episode called upon Sawai’s strengths as a martial artist, bilingual woman and actor of uncommon subtlety.
—Jake Kring-Schreifels, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2024
Rock had become ambitious (and intellectual), the New York salsa explosion was at its apex, and the movements of bossa nova and tropicália had coalesced into the all-encompassing MPB—Música Popular Brasileira.
—Ernesto Lechner, SPIN, 16 Apr. 2024
At 6-1 1/2 and 326 pounds, Jackson did not score well in the all-encompassing Relative Athletic Score, which might move him down some draft boards.
—Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2024
The result is an all-encompassing solution to your greatest skin care woes in a fast-absorbing, surprisingly gentle formula.
—Danielle Cohen, Glamour, 3 Apr. 2024
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