all the while
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: during the entire time
He claimed that he was happy, but he was thinking all the while of quitting his job.
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For decades, Trump claimed, other nations had erected trade barriers to shut U.S. companies out of their markets, all the while enriching themselves through access to American shoppers.
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Max Zahn, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
Fast-forward to today, she and the French luxury jewelry and watch brand have joined forces at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, to amplify Cartier’s celebration of female empowerment—all the while issuing a clarion call for sustainability.
—Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 23 Apr. 2025
And all the while, both metaphorical and literal bears are trying to eat us.
—ArsTechnica, 1 Apr. 2025
What To Know Russian troops have also moved back toward Ukrainian settlements in Sumy, all the while upping intensive aerial bombardment of border villages.
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Max Zahn, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
Fast-forward to today, she and the French luxury jewelry and watch brand have joined forces at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, to amplify Cartier’s celebration of female empowerment—all the while issuing a clarion call for sustainability.
—Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 23 Apr. 2025
And all the while, both metaphorical and literal bears are trying to eat us.
—ArsTechnica, 1 Apr. 2025
What To Know Russian troops have also moved back toward Ukrainian settlements in Sumy, all the while upping intensive aerial bombardment of border villages.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
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“All the while.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20the%20while. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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