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including or influencing every part of something
the book's overarching theme Computer downtime is an overarching problem in all departments.
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Recent Examples of overarching
And the overarching mystery provides a deeper and more complex story to keep us invested.
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
The overarching difficulty is to concurrently remedy the challenges of ecological collapse and economic impoverishment.
—Suwanna Gauntlett, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Each episode digs a little deeper into the overarching mystery, while also giving us a delightful new murder case to solve.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
By combining these two departments, Congress sought to create an overarching agency that could more cohesively and strategically support American museums and libraries.
—Devon Akmon, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2025
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
The overarching difficulty is to concurrently remedy the challenges of ecological collapse and economic impoverishment.
—Suwanna Gauntlett, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Each episode digs a little deeper into the overarching mystery, while also giving us a delightful new murder case to solve.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
By combining these two departments, Congress sought to create an overarching agency that could more cohesively and strategically support American museums and libraries.
—Devon Akmon, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overarching
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The Interview, Part One In this two-part discussion, Rockwell reflects on his extensive career and speaks to the many considerations that go into designing a restaurant.—
Sofia Perez,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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This characterization, which is usually reserved for drug cartels or mafia groups, enables the French police to deploy extensive investigative powers under French law, including wiretapping the personal devices of X employees.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
21 July 2025
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Teresa Moore, the board’s general counsel, said the state is misreading the funding law and should be looking at the original $42 million as an annual requirement, not a one-time expense.—
Rafael Olmeda,
Sun Sentinel,
25 July 2025
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Ex-National Basketball Players Association deputy general counsel Hal Biagas said public engagement is an effective leverage point to a degree, but its success depends on how much people stay engaged with the CBA saga.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
25 July 2025
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But overall crime, which includes nonviolent property crimes, is up 46% in Over-the-Rhine and Downtown, including a 12% uptick in violent crime, according to police statistics.—
Scott Wartman,
The Enquirer,
23 July 2025
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Wellness shots are most effective when used as supplements to your overall wellness routine, rather than replacements for healthy lifestyle habits, such as a balanced diet, regular exercise, and adequate sleep.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Verywell Health,
22 July 2025
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The Indian pharmaceutical company plans to launch its generic version of the drug in 87 countries by 2026, CEO Erez Israeli said.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
24 July 2025
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So, my advice is to skip generic educational content.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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Magnetic reconnection is ubiquitous throughout the Universe, and the same physical processes produce solar flares and coronal mass ejections from the Sun.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
24 July 2025
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After a long career of wear-and-tear where Hogan was ubiquitous as the face of WWE and pro wrestling, surgeries became the norm for the former six-time WWE champion.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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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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If President Donald Trump moves forward with plans to reinstate broad tariffs on dozens of countries in August, and follows through on additional threats, prices could climb even further.—
Diana Leyva,
The Tennessean,
23 July 2025
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Further details about Stargate and the broader partnership are not immediately known.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
23 July 2025
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The fact that this has occurred in tandem with the widespread use of things like social media or even video calls, things which outright force people to look at themselves for prolonged periods of time, is no coincidence.—
William Jones,
Freep.com,
22 July 2025
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In addition to providing protection for individuals, the DHS website says that widespread vaccination means that diseases have less opportunity to spread.—
Andrew Montequin,
jsonline.com,
22 July 2025
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“Overarching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overarching. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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