as in comprehensive
as in all-inclusive
The doctor took a holistic approach to the patient's care.
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Recent Examples of holistic
The result is a holistic project that marks him as an artist willing to dig deep.
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Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2025
Camp was committed to helping children through its holistic camp experience during the Altadena fires.
—Parents Editors, Parents, 22 July 2025
Moving forward, the team hopes to keep adding more material to the catalog to help researchers understand medieval medicine in a fuller, more holistic way.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 17 July 2025
And there are plans to do more, from producing wool socks to growing potatoes and herbs, embodying a holistic permaculture approach.
—Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
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Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2025
Camp was committed to helping children through its holistic camp experience during the Altadena fires.
—Parents Editors, Parents, 22 July 2025
Moving forward, the team hopes to keep adding more material to the catalog to help researchers understand medieval medicine in a fuller, more holistic way.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 17 July 2025
And there are plans to do more, from producing wool socks to growing potatoes and herbs, embodying a holistic permaculture approach.
—Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for holistic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for holistic
comprehensive
Adjective
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Each year, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund publish a comprehensive report on estimates of national immunization coverage, based on data from 195 countries.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
15 July 2025
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Programs can leverage these capabilities to look at other sources of insider threat (e.g., fraud, IP theft, etc.) in an integrated and comprehensive way.—
Control Risks,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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“Holistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holistic. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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