Synonyms for encompassing
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1. across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wideadjective

   broad in scope or content

   "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers"

   Antonyms:
   noncomprehensive, incomprehensive, distant

2. encompassing(a), surrounding(a), circumferentadjective

   closely encircling

   "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the surrounding countryside"

   Antonyms:
   distant, noncomprehensive, incomprehensive

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1. List of paraphrases for "encompassing":

   covering, comprising, embracing, including, involving, spanning

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1. Amy Lutz:

   Holocaust Remembrance was a unique event in human history, encompassing evils so great Holocaust Remembrance is nearly indescribable.

2. Julia Salazar:

   I'm glad to see the dangers of monopolistic market power being taken seriously by a leading presidential candidate, gov. Andrew Cuomo and other pro-Amazon politicians need to see the danger of sublimating all facets of our daily lives into a single all-encompassing company, which is clearly Amazon's business model.

3. Catherine Truitt:

   For nearly two years, the Department has worked to create consensus among hundreds of educators and stakeholders statewide over the history standards. I'm disappointed there was not a unanimous vote on these standards today because the Department of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education created them to be both inclusive and encompassing.

4. Matt Taibbi:

   The files show the FBI acting as doorman to a vast program of social media surveillance and censorship, encompassing agencies across the federal government – from the State Department to the Pentagon to the CIA.

5. Mike Sullivan:

   If you open the door to conditions like post-traumatic stress disorder, short-term sleep disturbances ... you start encompassing a lot more people.