all-encompassing
adjective
: including everything or everyone
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This year, Boone has defended a more athletic group, but the Yankees entered Friday’s contest with a BsR – FanGraphs’ all-encompassing baserunning metric – of -4.3.
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 19 July 2025
Typically defined as the years between 1997 and 2004, the era marked a period of all-encompassing change—most notably in the realms of fashion and beauty, technology, music, and media—that left nearly everything about the ’90s behind while creeping toward the uncertainty of a new millennium.
—Chantal Waldholz, Glamour, 18 July 2025
Farm girl summer is an all-encompassing lifestyle trend that is quintessentially cozy, pastoral, and inspired by nature.
—Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2025
The tune opens at No. 58 on the Official Singles Downloads chart and at No. 64 on the all-encompassing list of the bestselling tracks in the nation.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 19 July 2025
Typically defined as the years between 1997 and 2004, the era marked a period of all-encompassing change—most notably in the realms of fashion and beauty, technology, music, and media—that left nearly everything about the ’90s behind while creeping toward the uncertainty of a new millennium.
—Chantal Waldholz, Glamour, 18 July 2025
Farm girl summer is an all-encompassing lifestyle trend that is quintessentially cozy, pastoral, and inspired by nature.
—Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2025
The tune opens at No. 58 on the Official Singles Downloads chart and at No. 64 on the all-encompassing list of the bestselling tracks in the nation.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
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“All-encompassing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-encompassing. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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