as in total
a complete amount of something
the totality of the stars in the universe can only be loosely guessed at
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Recent Examples of totality
Occasionally, directly before and following totality, the moon can appear to have a blue and purple band of light upon it.
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Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Unfortunately, North America will miss live views of the eclipse due to not being in the path of totality.
Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa will be in the path of totality.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
And that’s really about serving the totality of your financial needs.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2025
In every location along the path of the 2026 eclipse, partial totality will last about two hours, and full totality will last two minutes.
—Cassandra Brooklyn, AFAR Media, 21 Aug. 2025
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Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Unfortunately, North America will miss live views of the eclipse due to not being in the path of totality.
Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa will be in the path of totality.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
And that’s really about serving the totality of your financial needs.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2025
In every location along the path of the 2026 eclipse, partial totality will last about two hours, and full totality will last two minutes.
—Cassandra Brooklyn, AFAR Media, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for totality
Noun
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Nate Bargatze’s running total for the Boys & Girls Clubs started at $100,000 and sank embarrassingly into negative territory as winners ran long.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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But in total, 475 people, mostly Korean nationals, were arrested, suspected of living and working in the US illegally.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And if a player is Premier League-proven, there is also less hesitation to pay big sums of money to other domestic clubs.—
Pol Ballús,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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Love Is Everything, Latest Greatest Straitest Hits, and One Step at a Time kept him from increasing his sum of leaders from five to eight by just one space.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Using Causal Loop Diagrams to make visible the theories that shape organizational performance can allow teams to see how one department’s decisions ripple across the whole.—
Thomas Lim,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Fortunately, Penner and Johnston said the final agreement will make Denver Water whole.—
The Denver Post Editorial Board,
Denver Post,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Totality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/totality. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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