How to Use as a whole in a Sentence

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• At the same time, this group as a whole has a lot to prove.
  — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2023
• The key is to think about the room's lighting needs as a whole.
  — Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Aug. 2023
• The show as a whole was cancelled in March of this year.
  — James Factora, Them., 21 May 2025
• His antlers had fine length, but the points were short and the head as a whole was light.
  — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 2 May 2024
• The Foundry as a whole has 9,900 square feet of retail space.
  — Scott Turner | , al, 2 Aug. 2023
• Many are concerned for the fate of the district as a whole.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Oct. 2024
• Grade it, and the season as a whole, via the polls below.
  — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 June 2025
• Grade it, and the season as a whole, via the polls below.
  — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 17 Jan. 2025
• The same could be said about Brooklyn’s road slate as a whole.
  — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
• The Padres bullpen as a whole has yet to surrender a lead.
  — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
• What does that tell you about this group, and this season as a whole?
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 27 Sep. 2024
• Indeed, the far right was no more unified than the GOP as a whole.
  — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 31 May 2023
• Grade the episode and the season as a whole via the poll below, then hit the comments with your thoughts!
  — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 1 June 2025
• Grade the finale, and Season 2 as a whole, via the polls below.
  — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 1 Aug. 2025
• But there’s more to Bardugo’s books — and to the YA section as a whole — than a chance to get out of Dodge.
  — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024
• And will the Dodgers lineup wear down the Yankees’ pitching as a whole?
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
• Give the finale — and Season 2 as a whole — a grade in our polls, and then hit the comments to share your thoughts.
  — Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 21 Mar. 2025
• Watt is one of the most important players the Steelers have on the defense and the team as a whole.
  — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
• As for the Miami attack as a whole, the team has struggled to score of late.
  — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
• This gets to the core of how people think of autism and disability as a whole.
  — Pablo Manríquez, The New Republic, 11 July 2023
• The project as a whole still needs more than $100 billion to be completed.
  — Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 1 July 2024
• What are your thoughts on musical trends, fads, and changes in the music scene as a whole?
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 18 Apr. 2023
• That’s not a bad description of Comic-Con as a whole in 2023.
  — Peter Larsen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2023
• That said, the vinyl experience as a whole can’t be beat.
  — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 12 July 2024
• What effect did this have on the populace, on the country as a whole?
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2023
• That being said, the director ponders the point of the Oscar race as a whole.
  — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 6 Dec. 2023
• This directive as a whole is nonsensical.
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2026
• Instead, assess the plant as a whole before doing anything drastic.
  — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 11 Feb. 2026
• That kind of resume puts him in rare air, not just in Texas basketball, but high school basketball as a whole.
  — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Feb. 2026
• That’s a nice counterweight to a schedule that, as a whole, is likely to be more difficult.
  — David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 10 Feb. 2026