as in comprehensive
covering everything or all important points
the president's state of the union speech is usually an omnibus look at the issues that the country is confronting
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Recent Examples of omnibus
María Mendiluce, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
As part of the omnibus bill, lawmakers voted to change the state law to allow future payments to University of Connecticut athletes in the fast-changing world of college sports.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2025
Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 3 Feb. 2025
Her speeches continued to focus on legislative issues, criticizing omnibus bills, for example, as opaque and wasteful.
—Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Its recent omnibus proposal published on EU sustainable finance reporting and due diligence has, at least in the short term, had the opposite effect.
—María Mendiluce, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
As part of the omnibus bill, lawmakers voted to change the state law to allow future payments to University of Connecticut athletes in the fast-changing world of college sports.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
House Democratic Caucus Chair John Ray Clemmons, D-Nashville, criticized the House GOP omnibus effort as an attempt to insulate a controversial voucher program with public education reforms that might be more palatable in some members' districts.
—Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 3 Feb. 2025
Her speeches continued to focus on legislative issues, criticizing omnibus bills, for example, as opaque and wasteful.
—Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for omnibus
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All hiring and related data shall be shared with the federal government and subjected to a comprehensive audit by the federal government during the period in which reforms are being implemented, which shall be at least until the end of 2028.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Earlier this month, the Chinese government escalated things even further, subjecting seven rare earth elements to a more comprehensive export licensing program that covers the whole world and is designed to further choke off American companies.—
Zeyi Yang,
Wired News,
23 Apr. 2025
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Lawyers for the Venezuelans said many have been loaded on to buses, presumably headed for the airport, without having had a realistic opportunity to contest their removal under the Alien Enemies Act.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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True, the Port Authority managed to squeeze a nearly $2 billion loan out of Joe Biden’s federal government to help with the $10 billion (and rising) cost of rebuilding its bus terminal.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
18 Apr. 2025
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Netflix's sci-fi anthology series mines our modern age for thought-provoking (and often terrifying) parables.—
Christian Holub,
EW.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Since the British anthology series premiered in 2011, some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry have starred in standalone episodes that take a stab at predicting the outrageous and horrifying future of digital innovations.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The Top of the Standard (known colloquially as the Boom Boom Room) instantly commands your attention with the bar’s gilded centerpiece, reminiscent of a trumpet flute, and its floor-to-ceiling windows that provide incredible panoramic views of New York City and the Hudson River.—
Christina Liao,
Vogue,
19 Apr. 2025
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Sunlight poured in through floor-to-ceiling windows, with panoramic views of the ocean outside, and flowers adorned tables.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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Air strikes also occurred Saturday in Aleppo, where an AFP photographer saw charred cars, including a minibus.—
AFP,
Fortune,
1 Dec. 2024
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The one-year extension amounted to a reprieve in this spring's minibus and expires March 25.—
Victoria Knight,
Axios,
19 Nov. 2024
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Her second book, 'Wolfie,' a children’s novel, was published in November 2022.—
Sonya Rehman,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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An Emily Henry novel reads like a classic rom-com in the making.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Can Trump fire Fed Chair Powell? The Federal Reserve is charged with promoting full employment and stable prices.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, the Cavaliers had their full 15-man standard roster available for Game 1.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2025
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Prosecutors alleged Read hit O'Keefe with her car and left him outside the home of a fellow Boston police officer after the couple got into an argument.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Albino Barrera, 73, and 2-year-old Sofia Barrera were leaving a church member’s birthday party with the child’s mother, her grandmother and a cousin, when a woman driving a white Chevy SUV lost control of her car and crashed into the family’s Ford SUV Saturday, April 19.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Omnibus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/omnibus. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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