all-encompassing
Example Sentences
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There’s no all-encompassing federal law regulating the use of biometrics, and many state laws also fall short, says Adam Schwartz, privacy litigation director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit that focuses on privacy rights.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
It's an all-encompassing set-up, with coaching at least three evenings a week and a games programme that takes up most of their weekends.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
The recent pressure on the software sector also has hammered shares of alternative asset managers, an all-encompassing term for firms that invest in untraditional assets.
From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026
Seeing a film in what the venue calls “shared reality” can be all-encompassing and yet intimate as well as communal and, if everything works out, somewhat thoughtful.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025
He had moved from a more nationalistic, all-encompassing theme of African unity to a more parochial one addressed to the Xhosa people, of whom he was one.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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