thoroughgoing
adjective
, 藢th蓹-r蓹-, -藞g券(-)i艐\
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absolute, all-out, arrant, blank, blooming [chiefly British], bodacious [Southern & Midland], categorical (also categoric), clean, complete, consummate, cotton-picking, crashing, damn, damned, dead, deadly, definite, downright, dreadful, fair, flat, flat-out, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plumb, profound, pure, rank, regular, sheer, simple, stark, stone, straight-out, thorough, total, unadulterated, unalloyed, unconditional, unmitigated, unqualified, utter, very
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But Ms Shelton鈥檚 more recent statements in favour of looser policy seem to suggest a thoroughgoing conversion. — The Economist, "President Donald Trump is trying to fill two jobs at the Fed," 4 July 2019 But Ms Shelton鈥檚 more recent statements in favour of looser policy seem to suggest a thoroughgoing conversion. — The Economist, "President Donald Trump is trying to fill two jobs at the Fed," 4 July 2019 But Ms Shelton鈥檚 more recent statements in favour of looser policy seem to suggest a thoroughgoing conversion. — The Economist, "President Donald Trump is trying to fill two jobs at the Fed," 4 July 2019 But Bacon, a thoroughgoing existentialist, didn鈥檛 have a spiritual bone in his body. — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, "Artist Hyman Bloom鈥檚 body of work is revered. And the bodies are cadavers.," 31 July 2019 Most important in Pelosi鈥檚 case, such a thoroughgoing overhaul of received leadership wisdom would mean countenancing serious personal political risk during the later stages of a long and storied career. — Elizabeth Spiers, The New Republic, "Beyond Pelosi," 24 July 2019 But Ms Shelton鈥檚 more recent statements in favour of looser policy seem to suggest a thoroughgoing conversion. — The Economist, "President Donald Trump is trying to fill two jobs at the Fed," 4 July 2019 But Ms Shelton鈥檚 more recent statements in favour of looser policy seem to suggest a thoroughgoing conversion. — The Economist, "President Donald Trump is trying to fill two jobs at the Fed," 4 July 2019 The need for thoroughgoing reform of America鈥檚 intelligence services and processes is evident. — Thomas J. Baker, WSJ, "American Intelligence Needs Reform After Spygate," 13 May 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'thoroughgoing.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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