"overarching trend" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to a broad, wide-ranging trend or development that has an effect on many aspects of a particular situation. For example: "The overarching trend in the global economy has caused a sharp increase in prices."
Rising UK prices remain the overarching trend outlined by the professional body for surveyors and estate agents.
The cross-country comparison signals both commonalities and points of divergence, yet one overarching trend that is likely to apply to other former Soviet states appears: that the feminisation of migration has begun, and the former Soviet space may be one of its most pertinent frontiers.
To judge by the 20 artists here, however, any definitive overarching trend is hard to trace.
He described agency-company reviews as an "overarching trend" that will "increasingly affect" Interpublic and its main competitors.
But another overarching trend has been a renewed interest in tailoring.
The overarching trend found in the research literature is that as lane widths narrow, crash frequency increases.
No, of course not — these are just overarching trends.
The goal of Orthofer's upcoming book, "The Complete Review Guide to Contemporary World Fiction," is to reveal the "elusive" overarching trends of world literature.
As the first of four spring/summer 2019 fashion weeks, overarching trends are yet to trickle through, but a leaning towards optimistic palettes is the strongest thread so far.
The working group also heard from team members who had participated in the MIT Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program (REAP), in particular team members from Nigeria and Chile, about their experiences on the ground working to cultivate ecosystems and from MIT REAP staff on overarching trends they have witnessed while facilitating this work.
This article argues, however, that there are overarching trends in Europe which, left unaddressed, will reinforce one another to cause instability.
