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Recent Examples of totality And for the totality of actions between September 2024 and February 2025, the county accused Myers of felony stalking. — Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2026 Each Grace represented one aspect of this virtuous cycle, and in their totality, an ideal for society to aspire toward. — Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026 What does touch Earth will create an ellipse of totality over the far north of Russia. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Since this is only a partial eclipse, the eclipse will not reach totality, and a sliver of the moon will still be visible. — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for totality
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Noun
  • The last three national champions—Michigan, Ohio State and Indiana—lost a combined total of one game.
    — Bradley Gitz, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
  • That brings the total since his resignation to at least $192,402.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Republicans are pouring unprecedented sums into reliably red states such as Texas, Ohio, Iowa and Alaska as Democratic enthusiasm threatens their narrow congressional majorities.
    — Jill Colvin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Measuring this wobble and doing some complicated sums gives the exact strength and orientation of the field to as low as 10⁻¹⁵ Teslas.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The United Nations said last week that more Ukrainian civilians were killed and wounded in the first eight months of 2026 than in the whole of last year.
    — HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The researchers added land-surface data created using commercial satellite imagery and calibrated with NASA’s ICESat-2 laser altimetry to construct a 3D model of the whole of Hunga.
    — Yook Ji Hun, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026

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“Totality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/totality. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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