How to Use comprehensive in a Sentence

comprehensive

adjective
  • Conduct a comprehensive review of bus routes with an eye toward greater efficiencies.
    James Vaznis, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Jan. 2023
  • For comprehensive rankings, go to each category page, which will be updated throughout the weekend.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024
  • In truth, this attack on the public life of the country requires a much more comprehensive and decisive response from the administration.
    David Shedd, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2024
  • According to Super Micro, this led to a comprehensive review.
    Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
  • At least one appeared to take issue with the fact that the project, a series of topical essays, was not a more comprehensive account of American history.
    Wesley Lowery, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Alaska Airlines’ calendar view for mileage tickets is pretty comprehensive.
    Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Jan. 2023
  • In their report, the scientists performed a comprehensive review of prior studies analyzing space travel’s impacts on the spine.
    Alex Orlando, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Adding the more comprehensive Blue plan bumps the cost to $50 per month.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2022
  • Google's Voice Match is the more comprehensive of the two, though.
    Valentina Palladino, Ars Technica, 3 June 2019
  • The Pentagon said the new study was one of the largest and most comprehensive to date.
    Tara Copp, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Here are 16 must-see places to take your guests in San Diego to give them a more comprehensive grasp of the town.
    Cameron Fozi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2023
  • To see all the top 150 mom and pop shops, as well as a comprehensive map, visit Yelp.com.
    Joshua Medintz, The Enquirer, 25 July 2023
  • Biden's jobs plan is big, but not as comprehensive as the Green New Deal's.
    Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2020
  • Estancia is the last of the district’s four comprehensive high schools to have an Olympic-size pool.
    Lilly Nguyen, Daily Pilot, 31 Aug. 2019
  • So the first thing to know is that this is not going to be a comprehensive history of the war on drugs.
    Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2022
  • The state also plans to conduct a comprehensive review of the plan this fall.
    Brandon Drenon, The Indianapolis Star, 6 June 2022
  • Passing a comprehensive tax bill for the first time in three decades is difficult in the best of times.
    Amber Phillips, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2017
  • But Democrats want a comprehensive bill that is broad in scope and costs trillions.
    Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2021
  • This is the most comprehensive bill to come out of all those discussions.
    Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 24 Apr. 2023
  • That avoids the requirement for a sync right, because the whole point is to be comprehensive.
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Keep scrolling for a comprehensive guide to all the new Christmas movies of 2023, including when and where to watch them.
    Breanne L. Heldman, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Here’s a comprehensive look at which stores are open and closed on Easter 2024.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2024
  • That's part of the comprehensive approach to this outbreak.
    ABC News, 26 Dec. 2021
  • The 2015 study was one of the first comprehensive research efforts to tally up how much plastic ends up in the ocean.
    Delger Erdenesanaa, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2023
  • This isn’t a comprehensive list, and not all of the movies are appropriate for all age groups.
    Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Here, a comprehensive list of the best teen romance movies on Netflix.
    Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Fifth is the menu that the prime minister herself favours: a deep and comprehensive free-trade deal.
    The Economist, 22 July 2017
  • Read on for a comprehensive look at breakouts, what's causing them, and how to treat them.
    Kelsey Castañon, Seventeen, 4 Dec. 2018
  • Over about 20 years, the project paid off in a comprehensive look at our coyote neighbors.
    Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com, 20 Feb. 2022
  • It’s a business built on some of the most comprehensive and long-running datasets in the health care industry.
    Mario Aguilar, STAT, 8 July 2022

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