all-encompassing

adjective

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

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Today, that home-turned-hotel offers just five suites which were brought to life by interior and design studio Pierre Lacroix, each with a personality of their own, from leopard walls and red accents to an airy suite with an all-encompassing garden mural. Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 3 June 2025 Over-Reliance On One Platform Over-relying on an anchor platform, such as an all-encompassing system like an ERP or CRM, while deprioritizing ancillary technologies that can help address gaps and enhance the platform's functionality can be a major issue. Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025 FanGraphs has an all-encompassing defensive metric that ranks the Angels 29th. Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 29 May 2025 The accompanying video – well, better classified as all-encompassing graphics that sucked you into the visual vortex – of football fields and basketball courts pulled at the hearts of 17,000 people as Chesney sang of days gone by with his typical earnestness. Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 26 May 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 10 Jun. 2025.

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