overarching
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SBTi’s chief executive, David Kennedy, said the new standard remains science-based but can work with a company’s overarching goals and be implemented as part of strategy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
The overarching ambition behind Artemis is to establish a long-term human presence on the Moon.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 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’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
Yet somehow for the period of your existence they will answer to a single overarching impulse: to keep you you.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing overarching
Life of Pi
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