all the

phrase

: as much of … as : as much of a … as
all the home I ever had

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But the pilgrimage alone doesn't fill all the rooms; the inn also draws day visitors to the bath and travelers looking for an authentic experience instead of a chain hotel. Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026 Amid his vast responsibilities running all the departments in the Giants’ front office, Zaidi still found the time to pore over MLB Draft League statistics and look for flecks of gold. Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026 Or consider the Miasma theory, which dates all the way back to Ancient Greece and was a popular contagious disease model throughout the Middle Ages. T.m. Brown, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026 Aetrex orthotics are made from high grade polyurethane, engineered to fill in all the spaces between your foot and the ground to give you comfort and relieve foot and back pain. ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for all the

Word History

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of all the was in 1825

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“All the.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20the. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

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