overarching
Example Sentences
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“The one overarching objective for him was to remove sanctions to improve the economy of the Islamic Republic,” said Enrique Mora, the Spanish diplomat who chaired talks on reviving the nuclear deal from 2021.
The Pentagon said in its national defense strategy issued in January that its overarching goal was to establish “strategic stability” in the Indo-Pacific region and de-escalate tensions with the Chinese military.
It was as if a great, overarching wave had been frozen by one touch of the World Spirit’s finger.
From Literature
In the run-up to the Academy Awards, Madigan was not the overarching favorite, but wins at the Critics Choice Awards and the Actor Awards bestowed by the Screen Actors Guild snowballed into Oscars success.
From Barron's
The company's overarching question to the jury has been whether Kaley's mental health problems were clearly caused by her social media use, while making the case that many other factors were to blame.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
