encompassing
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- v include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
- s broad in scope or content
- s closely encircling
encompassing mountain ranges
- And a stable security arrangement needs to be flanked by an economic one encompassing the entire continent.
- The study was co-authored by researchers from Harvard and University of California-Berkeley and surveys conditions for the sexes in 130 countries, encompassing more than 90% of .
- Ramon's farming family cared for him, a labor of love encompassing the minutiae of total immobility.