all the while
idiom
: 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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Locally, the American Red Cross of San Diego and Imperial Counties responds to nearly 400 disasters a year including wildfires, floods, home fires and more – all the while helping our communities to be better prepared for emergencies.
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Brianna Kelly, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
Newmark Security would go on to remove the headache of hardware management from their client end users, in addition to the management of compliance and data protection, all the while managing the hardware from the cloud.
—Alison Coleman, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
At this point, Schmitt began the long crawl, with Buddy at his side all the while.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 13 Aug. 2025
The Israeli reservists who form the backbone of the army have already been fighting in Gaza nonstop for close to two years, all the while continuing the military campaign in Lebanon and conducting occasional operations in Syria.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
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Brianna Kelly, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
Newmark Security would go on to remove the headache of hardware management from their client end users, in addition to the management of compliance and data protection, all the while managing the hardware from the cloud.
—Alison Coleman, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
At this point, Schmitt began the long crawl, with Buddy at his side all the while.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 13 Aug. 2025
The Israeli reservists who form the backbone of the army have already been fighting in Gaza nonstop for close to two years, all the while continuing the military campaign in Lebanon and conducting occasional operations in Syria.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 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 Sep. 2025.
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