comprehensive
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The vacation industry has spent decades selling relaxation as the product, but a comprehensive review of 125 studies suggests travelers may be dismissing something already available on every trip: difficulty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
"This is a comprehensive systematic evaluation of long-term medication effects on the microbiome using real-world medical health records," said Professor Elin Org, corresponding author.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
While the cases are spread out, scientists used a type of comprehensive genetic fingerprinting called whole-genome sequencing, which revealed the bugs involved are all closely related.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Meanwhile, those that cleared vegetation from Zone Zero had a survival rate of 37%, and those with comprehensive home hardening and defensible space had a survival rate of 48%.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
The first day began with a complete medical and aviation history, followed by a comprehensive check-up by an internist or flight surgeon.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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Look, CSU and all regional comprehensives in this country have a budget problem.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2023
According to Ofqual figures, in 2019 there was a 24 percentage point gap between independent schools and comprehensives in A* and A grades at A-level - this year it has risen to 31 percentage points.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2021
We were lucky enough to have a school field and a handful of concrete tennis and netball courts – riches beyond the dreams of most city comprehensives.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 8, 2020
From BASIS’s first year in 1996-1997, students who failed the comprehensives had to retake them.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2019
The critics had the better of the argument in the 1960s and 70s, when most grammar schools were converted to non-selective comprehensives.
From Economist ● Aug. 13, 2015
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