comprehensive
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Earlier this week, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband told Parliament he would be introducing a "comprehensive reset" of policy on Israel "in the coming weeks".
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
He said the unit would conduct a comprehensive evaluation of its operation following the incident.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
“Until California adopts comprehensive wildfire reforms to provide long-term certainty for customers, wildfire victims and utilities, the Legislature should not advance policies that increase regulatory uncertainty and customer costs,” PG&E spokesperson Jennifer Robison said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The Swiss pharmaceutical company is conducting a comprehensive review of the safety events and sharing information with regulators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
I don’t know how to put all of what we’ve seen and done together into one comprehensive something that will make sense to anyone but me.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
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Look, CSU and all regional comprehensives in this country have a budget problem.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2023
From BASIS’s first year in 1996-1997, students who failed the comprehensives had to retake them.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2019
Pupils at grammars do get better results than they would at comprehensives.
From Economist ● Aug. 11, 2016
Toby had gone to Creighton, one of the most experimental comprehensives in the country.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2014
Professor David Woods, the chief adviser for London schools, said the "chattering classes" were wrong about the capital's comprehensives.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 27, 2011
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