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Princeton's WordNet

  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"

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

    closely encircling

    "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the surrounding countryside"

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  1. encompassing

    Encompassing refers to including or covering all aspects, features, or elements of something. It could also mean surrounding or encircling entirely. It generally indicates a broad or comprehensive coverage or scope.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Encompassing

    of Encompass

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of encompassing in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of encompassing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of encompassing in a Sentence

  1. 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.

  2. Syd Kitson:

    Josh Day wife added : I think we’re pretty all in ! We live here. We work here. Babcock Ranch, near Fort Myers on state’s west coast, was developed from the beginning with a massive solar power farm generating 100 percent of the electric needs. About 350,000 photovoltaic solar panels stretch across a swath of land the size of 200 football fields. When developer Syd Kitson, a former NFL lineman with the Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers, bought the 17,000-acre property, it was all old mining and farmland. Babcock Ranch, near Fort Myers on state’s west coast, was developed from the beginning with a massive solar power farm generating 100 percent of the electric needs. About 350,000 photovoltaic solar panels stretch across a swath of land the size of 200 football fields. It’s now the country’s first, fully solar city, with a very low carbon footprint, a soon-to-open school, electric shuttles that will eventually be driverless, a cute town square with shops and an emphasis on the environment and preservation. Where most developers would build and sell as many homes as possible, for greater profit, Kitson’s vision from the beginning was preserving most of the open space, now encompassing several lakes and 50 miles of bike trails. The homes run from $ 190,000 to about $ 499,000. Residents can work in the town, but are not required to do so. The fully completed footprint will eventually be 19,500 homes. We think about the way we develop differently …. It’s the most environmentally responsible, the most sustainable new town that’s ever been developed, and, it’s the first solar-powered town in America. And we’re very proud of that. In January, the first two people moved in. Now, there are 150 homes under contract with an expectation that will there will be 250 families moved in by December. Eight developers are now building homes. The vision is a unique creation of a 45,000-person small city. But first came the enormous solar farm. Syd Kitson gave the land to Florida Power Light for free, which then spent more than $ 100,000,000 installing all the panels, wires and storage batteries. That solar-generated power now is shared throughout FPL’s grid, as Babcock Ranch’s demand, at this point, remains very small. John Woolschlager, an urban planningprofessor at nearby Florida Gulf Coast University, said all cities canultimately follow Babcock Ranch’s model, but Florida Gulf Coast University will take years. Babcock Ranch’s huge advantage was that Babcock Ranch huge advantage’s being built from scratch with theself-sustainability and pro-environment philosophy on the ground first.

  3. Amy Lutz:

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

  4. Melissa Stockwell:

    Those soldiers that go over to protect our freedom, they sacrifice so much to go over but it’s also the loved ones back home, i mean you tell someone thank you for your service but it’s a family affair.You have the caregivers back home, the spouses, the children – it’s an all-encompassing sacrifice.

  5. Hildur Guðnadóttir:

    I don't really know exactly what happened at this point for everything to explode so massively, but it's been a beautiful year and incredible to get both of these opportunities at the same time, both projects were so different and so incredible and so all-encompassing. It was really, really fantastic.

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