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overarching
[ oh-ver-ahr-ching ]
adjective
- forming an arch above:
great trees with overarching branches.
- encompassing or overshadowing everything:
The community's overarching needs are more jobs and better housing.
overarching
/ ˌəʊəˈɑːʃɪŋ /
adjective
- overall; all-encompassing
an overarching concept
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of overarching1
Example Sentences
"I was unlucky, I went for a couple of challenges and my knee just gave out. I don't think there was an overarching reason why. It was just luck of the draw."
The European Commission deals with all overarching trade matters for the bloc's members.
According to materials provided by Sundance Institute, the decision-making process included seven overarching focus areas: ethos, event capability, transportation, hospitality, inclusion and accessibility, financial sustainability and host partner support.
If Joan Didion had an overarching preoccupation as a journalist and novelist, it was to find interstices where truth and myth blend into each other.
While the overarching theme of Beija-Flor's parade was a tribute to its late director, it also featured floats with pyrotechnic displays and dancers dressed as devils.
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