overarching
adjective
over·arch·ing
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Definition of overarching
1
: forming an arch overhead
an overarching bower an overarching bridge
2
: dominating or embracing all else
overarching goals overarching ambition projects of overarching public benefit— Bob Katz
Examples of overarching in a Sentence
Computer downtime is an overarching problem in all departments.
Recent Examples on the Web
The overarching theme amongst fans on Twitter was that EA SPORTS have been fairly lenient with his rating, despite dropping it by two. — SI.com, "FIFA 20: Manchester United Fans React to Shocking Top 100 Ratings Reveal," 10 Sep. 2019 Some efforts to combat this situation, Anderson says, are ironically emblematic of the overarching problem. — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, "Can Spaceflight Save the Planet?," 6 Sep. 2019 Despite slight decor changes every few episodes, the overarching vibe always remained in place. — Ruth Kinane, EW.com, "The one where the 'Friends' set decorator spills his secrets," 3 Sep. 2019 However, Riley added that the overarching finding was not applicable to all black students who encountered the question, noting a small number of them were probably adversely impacted. — James Vaznis, BostonGlobe.com, "Controversial MCAS question hurt scores of some black students, study finds," 30 Aug. 2019 If those two are aligned once again to take on the overarching evils of Whiterose and her Dark Army hacking group, then season four will likely pwn harder than Elliot on an unsuspecting cell phone. — Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica, "Time for the f-society Christmas Special in Mr. Robot’s final season trailer," 28 Aug. 2019 One overarching problem is that some two-thirds of the annual 10,000-visa allotment end up going to investors’ close relatives, thus limiting the investment pool. — Tom Benning, Dallas News, "Trump takes aim at 'golden visa' program that's pumped hundreds of millions of dollars in investment into Texas," 24 Aug. 2019 The overarching brand is called Highlands, sharing a name with the flagship restaurant of the space, the Highlands Steakhouse. — Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press, "New restaurants, bar coming to RenCen's old Coach Insignia space: Details revealed," 23 Aug. 2019 Because the killings were scattered across different states, investigators reached no overarching conclusion on the cause of the deaths, but Goleman said some people believed the government was conducting weapons tests on the cattle. — oregonlive.com, "Mysterious Oregon cattle killings, mutilations alarm ranchers," 22 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'overarching.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for overarching
overarching
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of overarching
formal
: including or influencing every part of something
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