comprehensive
adjective
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all-embracing, all-in [chiefly British], all-inclusive, broad-gauge (or broad-gauged), compendious, complete, cover-all, cyclopedic, embracive, encyclopedic, exhaustive, full, global, in-depth, inclusive, omnibus, panoramic, thorough, universal
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Estancia is the last of the district’s four comprehensive high schools to have an Olympic-size pool. — Lilly Nguyen, Daily Pilot, "Building projects keep Newport-Mesa busy as new school year draws near," 31 Aug. 2019 First, while no drug testing system is fool-proof, the joint NBA-NBPA testing policy is comprehensive. — Michael Mccann, SI.com, "Examining Wilson Chandler's Suspension for PEDs and Infrequency of Steroids in the NBA," 29 Aug. 2019 An example of a comprehensive adaption strategy is the work of the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. — Yossi Sheffi, Quartz, "Removing mini-shampoos from hotel rooms won’t save the environment," 29 Aug. 2019 Just knowing this is enough to tell us that perceptual experience cannot be a comprehensive representation of an external objective world. — Anil K. Seth, Scientific American, "The Neuroscience of Reality," 27 Aug. 2019 My daylong visit was fairly comprehensive and certainly grueling. — Eric Westby, BostonGlobe.com, "Champagne at Chernobyl," 20 Aug. 2019 The rule didn't make certain people ineligible to buy a firearm, but was designed to ensure the background check system was comprehensive. — Paul Wiseman, Fortune, "Trump Twists Facts on Gun Control: Fact Check," 7 Aug. 2019 Opponents to the city proposal said the traffic study wasn’t comprehensive enough and believed traffic would be even worse than the document described, particularly on cut-through streets. — David Tarrant, Dallas News, "Dallas plan commission supports controversial North Dallas rezoning plan," 6 June 2019 Usually undertaken late at night and into the early morning, the HUD-overseen census is meant to provide a comprehensive snapshot of homelessness in America: its hot spots and demographics, its causes and magnitude. — Brian Goldstone, The New Republic, "The New American Homeless," 21 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'comprehensive.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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