How to Use go all the way in a Sentence
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That this almost did not happen could be a bun fight that goes all the way to court.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2026
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Mbappe, for instance, has a huge chance of going all the way with France.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 8 July 2026
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In its goal of adapting local dishes to the essence of its menu, the team has gone all the way.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
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The trustees sued to regain control; the case went all the way to the Supreme Court.
—Jacob Weisberg, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026
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That’s up to 60% in savings right now (though our top picks go all the way up to 80% off)!
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 6 July 2026
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Tehran, after all, will not immediately go all the way to max.
—Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026
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The custody case went all the way to the New Jersey Supreme Court.
—Arthur L. Caplan, STAT, 18 Aug. 2026
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Cristian Romero and Argentina went all the way to the final, of course.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 24 July 2026
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As far as kid peril goes, this one doesn’t go all the way to the limit, Terrifier style.
—Jesse Hassenger, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
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Note that if your drawers go all the way to the front edge of the cabinet, a back-of-door organizer might not fit.
—Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2026
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The patterns on vinyl floors are only on the surface, while linoleum’s patterns go all the way through the material.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 23 July 2026
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This is a team that has recent experience of going all the way at major tournaments.
—Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 15 July 2026
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Swift’s friendship with Sisk, a recording engineer, goes all the way back to the singer’s 1989 era.
—Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 16 Aug. 2026
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Sunday night reinforced the idea that Notre Dame can go all the way, but that doesn’t mean the Irish are a perfect team.
—Pete Sampson, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
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The small, round sockets were recessed into the wall, and the adapter would hit the outlet plate, preventing the pins from going all the way into the holes.
—Mark Marino, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2026
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Taylor’s baby blue ensemble kept the color palette going all the way down to the shoes, which were multicolored pumps.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 7 July 2026
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The bank also thought Brazil would go all the way to the semi-finals, when in fact they were knocked out by Norway in the round of 16.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 20 July 2026
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Landon Donovan didn’t see why the USMNT couldn’t go all the way.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 12 July 2026
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Even before the tournament started, Cucurella pledged to get a tattoo of his manager's face if the team went all the way.
—Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026
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Consequently, Cerebras’ biggest breakthrough had to go all the way down to the foundational layer of a chip, the substrate.
—Nandan Nayampally, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026
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Their path there goes all the way back to their college days in Minnesota in the wake of the 2008 housing crash, when home values plummeted.
—Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 30 July 2026
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But the pace matches the behind-the-scenes rebuilding of a value chain that starts with gem purchasing and creation but goes all the way to client experience, Reynes said.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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After a nice appetizer over the weekend courtesy of week zero, the action ramps up in earnest with a full slate of games going all the way through Labor Day.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
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Thanks to George, Elton was able to keep the streak going all the way until 2000, for 31 consecutive years.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026
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For the first time ever, going all the way back to 1877, a year will pass without a player with a single-handed backhand reaching a major semifinal.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
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Two years later, Bumble is now going all the way and fully eliminating its gender-specific conversation-starter rules.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026
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Indeed, 14 European sides out of the 16 that entered the tournament made it through to the knockout rounds and many of those teams are targeting going all the way.
—Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 29 June 2026
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Gander Airport’s legacy actually far predates the events of 9/11–in fact, going all the way back to a time when global aviation was, literally, just taking off.
—Nicola Chilton, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026
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The origin of Pompeii instead goes all the way back to 1998 when a 17-year-old Hiddleston and two friends took a trip to the Campania region of Italy.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026
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Given that the Danes and Austria went all the way to penalties in the first of them, before the Dutch beat England in 90 minutes, there was only a two-hour difference between when the games ended.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 14 July 2026
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