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comprehensive

[kom-pri-hen-siv] / ˌkɒm prɪˈhɛn sɪv /


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The manufacturing supply chain is already comprehensive, sharing many similarities with that of electric vehicles.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

I need to acknowledge up front that it is unwise for anybody—including me—to deduce any comprehensive conclusions about the Democratic Party and where it’s headed from Wisconsin’s gubernatorial primary last week.

From Slate Aug. 17, 2026

If fitness centers, technology services, entertainment options and countless other amenities appear to operate without cost, comprehensive public provision elsewhere may seem practical.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Even so, Zhou said the findings represent progress toward a single affordable blood test capable of detecting many different diseases earlier and providing more comprehensive health information than current approaches.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

In the wake of these incidents, Congress passed a series of New Deal reforms that gave the federal government its first comprehensive criminal code and the bureau a sweeping mission.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Look, CSU and all regional comprehensives in this country have a budget problem.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2023

From BASIS’s first year in 1996-1997, students who failed the comprehensives had to retake them.

From Washington Post Dec. 28, 2019

For one thing, they are more likely than comprehensives to be located outside city centres, with more space to grow.

From Economist Aug. 13, 2015

The new counter-extremism requirements will apply to all schools, primary and nursery as well as secondary, in village schools as well as inner-city comprehensives.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2015

Professor David Woods, the chief adviser for London schools, said the "chattering classes" were wrong about the capital's comprehensives.

From The Guardian Feb. 27, 2011




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