all the

phrase

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

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Credit to all the fighting, all the players who came in as well. Beren Cross, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026 Baking Christmas cookies together and then driving around to admire all the twinkling lights every December. The Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2026 Rose, an Atlanta chef, cookbook author and television personality, isn’t relying on the barbecue sauce to do all the work. Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 5 Sep. 2026 Still, with all the aforementioned accomplishments, and decades later, Steinem said that her naysayers used her bunny work in an attempt to discredit her. Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 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 14 Sep. 2026.

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