in all
idiom
: including everything or everyone
—used to indicate a total
There were about a thousand people at the concert in all.
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That, along with other market contractions in the company’s commercial risk and Medicaid businesses, will cause total enrollment in all of its medical plans to drop to 47 million this year.
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Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Perhaps sensing Frank’s less-than-wholehearted investment in all this, Louis at first resists the younger man’s help.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
Once the soil is packed into place, workers will have to add more native plants to cover those shoulders, about 13 acres in all.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Empress Eugénie’s pearl and diamond tiara and her bodice front knot are here in all their splendor, except even more opulent, if that’s even possible.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 26 Jan. 2026
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Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Perhaps sensing Frank’s less-than-wholehearted investment in all this, Louis at first resists the younger man’s help.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
Once the soil is packed into place, workers will have to add more native plants to cover those shoulders, about 13 acres in all.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Empress Eugénie’s pearl and diamond tiara and her bodice front knot are here in all their splendor, except even more opulent, if that’s even possible.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 26 Jan. 2026
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“In all.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20all. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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