Sally Quinn
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Examples of all in a Sentence
Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
Honigford played all 14 games (two starts) for Michigan last season, including the Fiesta Bowl CFP semifinal at State Farm Stadium and was also selected as an academic All-Big Ten honoree in 2022.
—Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 1 May 2023
Carter started all 13 games last year and was an All-Big Ten honorable mention after recording 19 tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and 12 total quarterback pressures.
—Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Apr. 2023
Fila Fan For the first Murder Mystery movie, Adam Sandler sported a colorblocked Fila jacket and navy blue polo, while his co-star Jennifer Aniston rocked an all-leather look.
—Zizi Strater, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2023
One thing that is inked into the reality star's calendar: Hosting an all-female event Apr. 7 at this year's Miami Beach Pride.
—Lanae Brody, Peoplemag, 26 Mar. 2023
Comedian Jo Koy’s comedy Easter Sunday is the first Hollywood movie to star an all-Filipino cast.
—Melissa Magsaysay, ELLE, 16 Mar. 2023
Ellis opted for one as well, and 2022 Oscar winner Questlove reached for a black bow tie for his all-black ensemble.
—Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2023
With his all-Egyptian teams in place, Dr. Hawass is now accelerating excavations and discoveries at warp speed.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Mar. 2023
Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2023
Rick Ross has been all about showing off his private jet.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2023
If ready-to-wear is all about stealth wealth (where quietly luxurious brands such as Phoebe Philo and The Row, designed by women for women, are dominating), then the shoe world is all about having a sense of humor, and injecting your look with a bit of kooky personality.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2023
Whatever nostalgia’s thermal utility may be, according to the Southampton Nostalgia Scale, the world’s rooms are getting warmer all on their own.
—Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
The Boring Company was Musk’s first stepping stone to get there—an underground maze of tunnels with small stations all across a city.
—Byjessica Mathews, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2023
Opera is everything all at once: music and drama, poetry and dance, grandeur and intimacy, spectacle and sound.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
Brandon Staley stood before the media inside SoFi Stadium and talked about the good things happening all at once.
—Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2023
An example is the Pacific Highlands Ranch branch under construction in Carmel Valley, which will be all-electric.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2023
Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 21 Dec. 2022
The Ultimate Controller, Pro 2, and Lite SE aren't so much meant as retro controllers as just good all-arounders, and so that's welcome for folks who enjoy games on Apple Arcade and the like.
—Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 20 Mar. 2023
And, Celent said, ISO 20022 doesn’t have to be an all or nothing choice.
—Tom Groenfeldt, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
Freidrich warns against the assumption that cloud seeding could be a cure-all for western water issues.
—Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 27 Oct. 2021
Billy Simon thinks a higher unemployment rate may be the cure-all for inflation.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2023
Ingles won’t be the cure-all for their offensive woes, but his further integration into the offense can be an ingredient in the medicine.
—Brian Sampson, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
Kitchen drawer organizers are great for cutlery and utensils, serving spoons and forks, spatulas and other kitchen tools, and as a great catch-all for any of the smaller things that end up in the kitchen.
—Katie Melynn, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2023
Louisiana also wrote its own staffing rules, but more nursing homes there fail to meet expectations, suggesting that state rules are not a cure-all if they are not enforced.
—USA Today, 1 Dec. 2022
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Word History
Adjective
Middle English al, all, alle, going back to Old English eall (West Saxon), all (Anglian), going back to Germanic *alla- (whence also Old Frisian al, alle "the whole of," Old Saxon all, Old High German al, all, Old Norse allr, Gothic alls), probably going back to *al-no- or *ol-no-, derivative of a base *ala-/*ola- seen in compounds (as Old English ælmihtig almighty entry 1, Old Saxon alohwīt "completely white," Old High German alawāri "quite true," Gothic alabrunsts "burnt offering," calque of Greek holokaútōma), of uncertain origin
Note: Both the correct repertoire of comparable forms and a valid Indo-European reconstruction have been subjects of dispute. Perhaps directly comparable to Germanic *ol-no- is Welsh oll, holl "the whole, all" (with h- of secondary origin); the same base might be present in Old Irish uile "all, every," if going back to *ol-i̯o-. (Old Irish oll "great, ample" is probably not related.) Outside of Germanic and Celtic other comparisons have been suggested, as Oscan allo "whole, entire" and Lithuanian aliái (in aliái víenas "all, everyone"). As an Indo-European reconstruction, Kroonen (Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic) proposes *h2el-nó- for Germanic and *h2ol-i̯o- for Old Irish uile, though the assumption of ablaut seems arbitrary. Whatever the ultimate origin, an etymon restricted to western (European) Indo-European.
Adverb
Middle English al, all, going back to Old English all, representing adverbial uses of the quantifier all entry 1
Pronoun
Middle English al, all, going back to Old English all, pronominal use of the quantifier all entry 1
Noun
nominal use of the pronoun all entry 3
Adjective
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Adverb
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Pronoun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Noun
1593, in the meaning defined above
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“All.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all. Accessed 4 Dec. 2023.
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1 of 3 adjectiveall
2 of 3 adverball
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