all along

adverb

: all the time
knew the truth all along

Examples of all along in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Because that was true all along, no matter what anyone said. Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2024 But as Penelope struggles to find a suitable match — despite her brand new wardrobe — Colin begins to wonder if the answer to her problems has been right in front of them all along. Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2024 The decisions get more clear and circle through one another, often revealing that an earlier gesture which might have appeared random or unmoored was somehow necessary all along. Kadish Morris, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024 Teams from more than 75 institutions are launching balloons from points all along the path of totality. Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 8 Apr. 2024 Other neurologists have noticed neuropsychiatric deficits in their patients all along, said the neuroscientist Stephanie Rudolph of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, who co-organized the symposium with Fioravante. R Douglas Fields, WIRED, 31 Mar. 2024 However the judges rule, the case seems bound for the Supreme Court, which was apparently Abbott’s goal all along. Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2024 That’s a nice bedtime story, but did everybody forget that Beyoncé has been doing this work all along? Chris Richards, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2024 Manipulating these other sources of support has been part of Putin’s strategy all along, a tactic often overlooked in Western analyses of Russia’s war strategy. Timothy Frye, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1619, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of all along was in 1619

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“All along.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20along. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

Kids Definition

all along

adverb
: all the time
knew the truth all along

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