overarching
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For my own children, that translated into one key overarching lesson: knowing how much they have.
From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026
The author highlights three overarching attitudes formed in the Russian Empire that are central to understanding what made Jewish immigrant banks different from their American counterparts.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Despite researching flights, logistical reasons led to him abandoning the plan – but not the overarching plot.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday that the overarching idea was for the ceasefire to last for Victory Day itself, May 9, but that the precise timings would be determined by Putin.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
Yet somehow for the period of your existence they will answer to a single overarching impulse: to keep you you.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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Life of Pi
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