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: being for or of all time up to and including the present
especially
: exceeding all others of all time
an all-time bestseller
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Green also leads all active NBA players in technical fouls and passed Anthony Mason for seventh place on the all-time leaderboard earlier this month.
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Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026
In June of last year the average time on hold before speaking to an agent was 20 minutes, that shrunk to an all-time low of seven minutes in September.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2026
Her 55 career points is the third-most all-time in program history.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
When he was traded by the Yankees to the Padres in May 1984, Nettles’ 250 homers for them ranked sixth on the Yankees’ all-time list behind Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio and Yogi Berra.
—Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
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Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026
In June of last year the average time on hold before speaking to an agent was 20 minutes, that shrunk to an all-time low of seven minutes in September.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2026
Her 55 career points is the third-most all-time in program history.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
When he was traded by the Yankees to the Padres in May 1984, Nettles’ 250 homers for them ranked sixth on the Yankees’ all-time list behind Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio and Yogi Berra.
—Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
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“All-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-time. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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