overarching

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It’s a tale of the immense challenge of uniting this vast, sprawling metropolis of nearly 10 million people around an overarching vision of what public transit should look like and where it should go.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

For my own children, that translated into one key overarching lesson: knowing how much they have.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday that the overarching idea was for the ceasefire to last for Victory Day itself, May 9, but that the precise timings would be determined by Putin.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

But there is nothing to tell you why one object is next to the other, how those objects fit into the overarching theme or what their significance is.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

As might be expected, the answer the various participants gave to such an overarching question depended a great deal on the ground on which they were standing.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis