overarching
Example Sentences
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It’s part art museum, part “Star Wars” theme park, part billionaire-collector’s vanity project whose overarching storyline is The Illustrator Strikes Back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
For instance, New York-Newark-Jersey City, N.Y.-N.J., refers to the large, overarching metro area.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Before the festival began, Telluride director Julie Huntsinger told me that if there was an overarching emotional through line to this year’s program, it was “tenderness.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
For Farber, the "overarching ecosystem" in Munich and surrounding Bavaria state is underpinning the growth of defence startups.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
The decision bore the hallmarks of his overarching ambition: a top-down approach, beginning with the most complex and variant traits conceivable—intelligence, temperament, physical prowess, height.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing overarching
Life of Pi
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