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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In fact, winning independence required a world war in all but name.
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Now, Stefanski is tasked with finding a way to turn things around in a hurry with arguably the weakest quarterback room in all of football.
—Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
There have been 208 school shootings so far in 2025, after 336 in all of 2024, according to the K-12 School Shooting Database and now, more than 95% of public schools perform lockdown drills annually.
—Alana Semuels, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
But we're lumped in all of that.
—Tanisha Bhat, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
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Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
Now, Stefanski is tasked with finding a way to turn things around in a hurry with arguably the weakest quarterback room in all of football.
—Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
There have been 208 school shootings so far in 2025, after 336 in all of 2024, according to the K-12 School Shooting Database and now, more than 95% of public schools perform lockdown drills annually.
—Alana Semuels, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
But we're lumped in all of that.
—Tanisha Bhat, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
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“In all.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20all. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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