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
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
Despite researching flights, logistical reasons led to him abandoning the plan – but not the overarching plot.
From BBC • May 1, 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
More important, Makowski says, researchers have little evidence that ancient Peruvians actually believed in a single overarching deity called the Staff God.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing overarching
Life of Pi
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