the whole shebang
noun
informal
: the whole thing : everything that is included in something
You can buy the whole shebang for just $50.
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Pricing is set by the artist and ranges from $200 hour-long shoots to $10,000 all-day packages with models, site designers and the whole shebang.
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Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025
When not in use, the whole shebang packs down into a polypropylene case measuring 25 inches long by 18 in wide by 13 in high (635 by 457 by 330 mm) and tipping the scales at 19.4 lb (8.8 kg), gear not included.
—New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2025
There are six pairs of actors playing the two leads (along with several different Raouls and Madame Girys, the latter being our spooky, imperious tour guide through the whole shebang).
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
But nobody has done the whole shebang without supplemental oxygen.
—Outside, 25 Sep. 2025
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Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025
When not in use, the whole shebang packs down into a polypropylene case measuring 25 inches long by 18 in wide by 13 in high (635 by 457 by 330 mm) and tipping the scales at 19.4 lb (8.8 kg), gear not included.
—New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2025
There are six pairs of actors playing the two leads (along with several different Raouls and Madame Girys, the latter being our spooky, imperious tour guide through the whole shebang).
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
But nobody has done the whole shebang without supplemental oxygen.
—Outside, 25 Sep. 2025
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“The whole shebang.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20whole%20shebang. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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