overarching

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I agree with your overarching point: Mixing friendship and finance is usually a bad idea, especially when it comes to more vulnerable people.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

While the first day of their summit was light on concrete deals, the overarching take is that both countries are eager to tone down their economic rivalry.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

It didn’t help that Powell and his colleagues had just adopted a new overarching strategy designed for the problem of the prior decade: a chronically weak economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

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

A stream splashed swiftly between mossy rocks, and disappeared over a lip into a narrow little chasm dark under the overarching trees.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman