all-consuming
adjective
: taking all of a person's time and attention : being the only thing a person thinks about
Her all-consuming passion was music.
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Rachel and James' friendship feels much like ones many of us found in our early 20s—lit with a match, sparked by an immediate connection and then quickly becoming all-consuming.
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
Because while ordinary doubts can crack open a world, a Time Lord’s all-consuming doubt can rip open reality and expose the Underverse.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 24 May 2025
The past several years at Google have been marked by an all-consuming obsession with generative AI.
—Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 21 May 2025
Featuring anonymous interviews with former instructors, many of whom were idolized, the podcast takes an exhaustive look at the all-consuming SoulCycle obsession, including what went on behind dark studio doors.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 20 May 2025
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
Because while ordinary doubts can crack open a world, a Time Lord’s all-consuming doubt can rip open reality and expose the Underverse.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 24 May 2025
The past several years at Google have been marked by an all-consuming obsession with generative AI.
—Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 21 May 2025
Featuring anonymous interviews with former instructors, many of whom were idolized, the podcast takes an exhaustive look at the all-consuming SoulCycle obsession, including what went on behind dark studio doors.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 20 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for all-consuming
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“All-consuming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-consuming. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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