overarching

Example Sentences

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There’s some truth to this, but the overarching emphasis on miasma theory fundamentally ignores how the immune system works.

From Salon

Borrowing a page from London's playbook, authorities have also decided to split the municipal corporation into five smaller bodies and set up an overarching Greater Bengaluru Authority.

From Barron's

Nonetheless, the “overarching theme” for the industry is that there is a scarcity of compute power.

From MarketWatch

Trump's actions and words throughout the presidency also suggest he believed that the office gave him overarching power.

From Salon

“The overarching response and approach of the R.C.M.P. as an institution had many shortcomings,” Leanne Fitch, one of the commissioners, said in a statement.

From New York Times