How to Use comprehensive in a Sentence

comprehensive

adjective
  • The day was the first pass at a comprehensive oral history of the campaign.
    Philip Elliott, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
  • This list is not comprehensive, but a snapshot of places around Ford Field and nearby.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Those who want more comprehensive coverage will want to check out Hyundai's plans, which are better in all three phases.
    Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Some are more comprehensive than others, according to a map of legislation from Aunt Flow.
    Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Caesars Sportsbook Ohio will have a comprehensive list of markets that includes everything from game lines and futures to player props.
    cleveland, 12 Nov. 2022
  • 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
  • Adding the more comprehensive Blue plan bumps the cost to $55 per month (a $5 per month increase for each).
    Bychris Morris, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2023
  • 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
  • The move is aimed at creating comprehensive surveillance for the virus which has been circulating in U.S. dairy cattle since it was detected earlier this year.
    Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024

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