umbrella

Example Sentences

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While it’s a broad umbrella term, a lot of the focus surrounds housing costs.

From MarketWatch

“Heavens” was what Aunt Kitty might have sighed just then as she watched me strut, my full skirts knocking over the umbrella stand.

From Literature

The group hired a project-management firm to advise on major decisions and chose a construction strategy called “design build,” which combines architectural planning, engineering and construction into an umbrella contract.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting said it is dissolving the 58-year-old nonprofit umbrella organization that oversaw government funding for the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the summer, he uprooted and paved over the iconic Rose Garden with flagstones and café style tables, replete with umbrellas, inspired by his Mar-a-Lago club.

From Salon