overarching
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Shakti Howeth, a creative director at Meow Wolf, agrees, saying that while Meow Wolf attractions are typically pretty otherworldly, they’re always built around an overarching story.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Despite researching flights, logistical reasons led to him abandoning the plan – but not the overarching plot.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
But, critics say, the use of this data is still often too piecemeal and isolated, with no overarching strategy to bring it together cohesively.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
But there is nothing to tell you why one object is next to the other, how those objects fit into the overarching theme or what their significance is.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
It was as if a great, overarching wave had been frozen by one touch of the World Spirit’s finger.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Vocabulary lists containing overarching
Life of Pi
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