inclusionary

adjective

as in comprehensive

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Recent Examples of inclusionary However, the Netherland Place home was bound by Denver’s inclusionary housing ordinance, which sets affordability covenants on some homes. — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 5 Aug. 2026 In addition to approving new services fees on May 19, the City Council unanimously approved a temporary inclusionary housing in-lieu fee. — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026 The admissions process alone is expensive and often more exclusionary than inclusionary. — Literary Hub, 21 May 2026 The developers plan to create 661 apartments, 165 of them affordable, or 25 percent, as required by mandatory inclusionary zoning. — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 24 Mar. 2026 Now, as the city reevaluates its efforts, an inclusionary zoning ordinance might return for consideration. — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026 Along with streamlining processes for 100% affordable projects, inclusionary housing compliance now includes offering 15% of units at 60-110% of the area median income. — Devan Patel, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026 The Orgy Dome is a safe, inclusionary, and exploratory environment. — Katie Bain, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inclusionary
  1. comprehensive
  2. overarching
  3. extensive
  4. pervasive
  5. widespread
  6. broad
  7. all-embracing
  8. wide
Adjective
  • The town is now essentially a real-world study for scientists, after comprehensive data was gathered over a year back in 2007.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Problems with standardized assessments The most comprehensive measure of adult literacy levels is the Survey of Adult Skills, which is part of a larger international assessment known as the PIAAC.
    — Jennifer D. Kobrin, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of comprehensive
Adjective
  • Johnson did not respond to requests for additional details about the state’s salt procurement issues, but Randolph said his conversations with state officials indicate there are two overarching reasons for the price surges.
    — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026
  • While the overarching tree debate still has time to play out, existing developments east of Alder Creek are putting immediate pressure on East Bidwell Street.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of overarching
Adjective
  • Chinese state media, including the Communist Party's flagship newspaper, People's Daily, gave extensive coverage to Xi's encounters with other visiting leaders on Tuesday, but made no mention of the meeting with Pezeshkian.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Neal's research includes extensive work on female astronauts.
    — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of extensive
Adjective
  • In outline, these are elegant Bond-villain machines for faceless, leaderless, pervasive espionage and assassination, the stuff of paranoid nightmares and stochastic violence.
    — Finn Brunton, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
  • There have been growing complaints about blight at the site, including homeless people living there, pervasive graffiti and skateboarders using it as a playground.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of pervasive
Adjective
  • Given the then-widespread assumption that the Greek and Roman past was superior to the present in all aspects of life (except perhaps religion), Renaissance scholars and creators strove to imitate classical antiquity.
    — Mario Carpo, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Washington recently took a stake in a firm — run by a former Venezuelan government contractor who faces widespread corruption accusations — in an effort to tap the world’s largest oil reserves and tame fuel prices at home.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of widespread
Adjective
  • Blakespear said the definition was broad enough to encompass a wide range of heavy industrial uses, including chemical, plastics and pesticide manufacturing and strip mining.
    — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The e-commerce giant is preparing to launch its Prime Air service in Tracy as part of a broader expansion effort that will bring delivery drones to 500 cities and towns by the end of the year.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of broad
Adjective
  • This unexpected ending shifts the narrative from military triumph to spiritually discerning and expressing God’s all-embracing love.
    — Liesl Ehmke, Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2026
  • Then as now, his view of music was an all-embracing one that knew no stylistic boundaries.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2024
Definition of all-embracing
Adjective
  • The Iran war exposed just how much the world relied on a narrow 20-mile-wide waterway.
    — Katie Silver, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Not only do the gods have multiple heads and arms, but the gods themselves are multiple, appearing in different forms with an array of different names, and with a wide variety of stories told about them.
    — Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of wide

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