all-embracing
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of all-embracing
First recorded in 1820–30
Example Sentences
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Several come under the once all-embracing umbrella of the $500bn Neom mega-project.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
Their numbers are hard to gauge, as there is no all-embracing definition of what constitutes one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer best expressed the imagined reach of "the Great Fear," an all-embracing dread of a fiendish conspiracy that supposedly sought to strike at the very foundations of civilized life.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2020
“I successfully and independently led a company that gradually expanded into sectors beyond fashion to offer my all-embracing philosophy of lifestyle,” he says.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 15, 2020
He was a simple Presence, an all-embracing tenderness with strength and a promise of rest.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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