| across-the-board 
 
 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
 • Syn:
 all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad,
 encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide
 • Similar to:
 comprehensive
 • Derivationally related forms:
 wideness (for: wide), extensiveness (for: extensive)
 
 
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