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comprehensive

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


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Gutierrez said a candidate who is serious about demonstrating a commitment to good governance should be comprehensive in their financial disclosures and could divest from any stock holdings.

From Salon Jul. 24, 2026

The goal would be to make available, to students of all ages everywhere, a truly comprehensive record of documented human civilizations and ideas in all their variety.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Survivors hoped authorities would seize the precious policy window to introduce more comprehensive rules.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

Authorities conducted “a comprehensive death investigation” and a “thorough search of the surrounding area,” authorities said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 16, 2026

Their goal was ambitious: to write History of Woman Suffrage, a comprehensive chronicle of the women’s movement.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

Look, CSU and all regional comprehensives in this country have a budget problem.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2023

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

For one thing, they are more likely than comprehensives to be located outside city centres, with more space to grow.

From Economist Aug. 13, 2015

Overall some 44% of those on the list went to independent school, 27% to grammar school, 8% to a former direct grant school and 21% to comprehensives and other state schools.

From BBC Nov. 20, 2012




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