overarching
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Insurance companies will expect to be compensated as well for such overarching risk.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
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
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
Vocabulary lists containing overarching
Life of Pi
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