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including or influencing every part of something
the book's overarching theme Computer downtime is an overarching problem in all departments.
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Recent Examples of overarching
Bardot’s overarching legacy may not be as easy to define as her personal style.
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Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 29 Dec. 2025
Through Friday, the overarching message from the Weather Service was one of preparation and caution as the region faces days of impactful weather.
—Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
Gat finds a variety of answers to these questions, but his overarching thesis is that there are no permanent answers, especially as the boundaries between war and peace blur and as new ways of fighting emerge.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
In any event, the overarching story was one in which the Wiles furor caused another bout of turbulence for an administration that has hit some stormy seas.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 16 Dec. 2025
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The system comes preloaded with a vision–language–action (VLA) large model and more than 10,000 real-world data samples, enabling it to perform complex tasks without extensive setup or calibration.—
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The Denver Police Department warned that extensive road closures are in place, and all intersections surrounding the area are closed.—
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After setting a new standard for the organization in 2025, general manager Dan Morgan, head coach Dave Canales and their respective staffs need to raise the bar even higher.—
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Daniel McFadin is a general assignment reporter who has been with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette since October 2022.—
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That improves the Aztecs to 12-4 overall and 6-0 in conference, which is either alone on top or tied with Utah State depending on Wednesday night’s late game between the Aggies and Nevada.—
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Items like coffee and lettuce put upward pressure on overall inflation.—
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In November, a Marist-PBS-NPR poll found that Democrats had a 14-point lead on the generic ballot, the largest advantage for control of Congress in eight years.—
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Those comments come as Bristol Myers Squibb prepares to offset losses from an upcoming loss of exclusivity cycle of blockbuster drugs over the next several years, which will allow generic competitors to come to the market.—
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Reticles with some type of grid using hashmarks or dots have become ubiquitous.—
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These images were ubiquitous, and many people—and multiple organizations, including the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network and the European Commission—pointed out that the feature was being used to harass women and exploit children.—
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Statutes can be comprehensive and prospective; their language can be iterative, granular, and versatile.—
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The researchers trained SleepFM using polysomnography, a comprehensive sleep measurement that tracks brain and heart activity as well as breathing, leg movements and eye movements.—
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The court’s eventual ruling could have broad implications for how schools nationwide regulate transgender participation in athletics.—
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Strong results, broad impact The team tested the system against conventional motion reproduction systems, linear interpolation methods, and a typical imitation learning model.—
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The fertilizers engorged the Everglades on nutrients, especially phosphorus, leading to the widespread proliferation of cattails.—
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Amid widespread corruption under Chávez, as journalist Anne Appelbaum noted in a 2024 book, hundreds of billions of dollars were siphoned off from PDVSA and other Venezuelan companies and subsequently disappeared into private bank accounts around the world.—
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“Overarching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overarching. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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