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comprehensive

[kom-pri-hen-siv] / ˌkɒm prɪˈhɛn sɪv /


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The order required that ICE develop and file, within 14 days, a remedial plan to implement comprehensive systems for medical care and disability accommodations.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

It produced the most comprehensive review yet of India's examination system.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

For all of the vicious debates over sex ed in the ’90 and 2000s, those pushing abstinence and those promoting comprehensive health education could largely agree on one thing: We wanted teen pregnancies to decrease.

From Slate Jul. 28, 2026

The EU's comprehensive AI law enters into force in stages.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

My choice of individuals to highlight in this way is not intended to be comprehensive; nor are my discussions of their individual lives and work intended to be complete.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

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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