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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a blanket effort" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a comprehensive or all-encompassing approach to a task or initiative.
Example: "The organization launched a blanket effort to improve community health by providing free screenings and educational resources."
Alternatives: "a comprehensive approach" or "an all-encompassing initiative".
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"It is decidedly untrue that there's a blanket effort to keep people from going into one-on-one, long-term psychotherapy," said Keith Stover, a lobbyist for the association.
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While freedom of speech has never been an absolute right in India, I always thought that this raucous democracy would ultimately overcome any blanket effort to quash dissent, as it did when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency and clamped down on the news media in 1975.
Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas' office said Monday in a press statement that there has never been a "blanket papering" effort by county prosecutors against any judge in the county. .
But a blanket dismissal of its effort is a mistake.
And look, this is not about cash, this is about effort: Organizing a blanket and some homebrew (crusty punk chef!) and some comics for a day at the park is better and more meaningful than paying for a Superdinner.
Of course, I believe – well, I would, wouldn't I? – that the Guardian is fighting this surveillance fight with calm and skill: that those, in the name of democracy, who seek to smother its efforts under a blanket of intimidation are betraying themselves as well as us.
Instead, SEO will be a blanket term that covers any efforts you make to give your customers a valuable, memorable, shareable experience.
A blanket ban on Uber's autonomous efforts "would certainly stall its efforts for a while and put it even further behind Waymo and others".
North Korea described a defector President Bush met with in the White House last week as "human trash" and said the "cheap charade" threw "a wet blanket" over efforts to restart talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions.
This points to a needs-based, bottom-up planning -- not a blanket approach -- to guide our efforts, ensuring effective and efficient use of resources.
Yet he also opposes efforts to impose a blanket citywide policy.
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