overarching
Example Sentences
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The overarching theme of this display of some 80 international artists, which occupies almost the entire Taipei Fine Arts Museum, is yearning.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
“It can be a nice overarching tool that can allow you to kind of simplify your bill-paying,” Schulz said.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026
The overarching problem has been that the Big Tech services companies, especially software names, are spending way too much for the market’s liking.
From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026
Lawyers for ANL said in written submissions that the social circles of most of the claimants in the overarching case were "leaky".
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026
It’s an aspect of the art of writing which depends on intuition, experience, and guesswork, but there is also an overarching guideline.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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