How to Use on the whole in a Sentence

on the whole

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• And at the end of the day, 59 points — that’s on the whole defense.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 13 Sep. 2026
• Let’s dive more into these four songs, which seem to be about past relationships on the whole.
  — Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2026
• So far, Washington’s younger group has, on the whole, yet to truly prove its worth.
  — Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
• The video assistant referee, on the whole, was judged to have been a success.
  — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 19 July 2026
• Our executive chef, Chef Garrett, takes the lead on the whole kitchen.
  — Martie Bowser, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
• With Darnold sidelined, odds are Seattle’s offense will be a bit more vanilla on the whole.
  — Andrew Destin, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
• His record on Palestinian matters on the whole is, however, abysmal.
  — David Shulman, The New York Review of Books, 26 Aug. 2026
• At home, the economy may have been shaken by the dot-com bust, but on the whole Americans were living well.
  — Michael E. Neagle, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2026
• That gives us the best opportunity to continue to have a resilient business on the whole.
  — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2026
• Some characteristics can, however, be defined as on the whole necessary for any beach and any mood.
  — Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
• According to Gothamist, Styles’ people have yet to comment on the whole kerfuffle.
  — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2026
• But on the whole, the best way for the United States to settle the war with Iran is to be clearer about its objectives.
  — Erik Lin-Greenberg, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2026
• So, on the whole, legacy media has strongly embraced the trading card vertical as part and parcel of their offering.
  — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
• The dentists Allure spoke with were on the whole intrigued and/or impressed by the CameraJet.
  — Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 4 Sep. 2026
• But on the whole, rather than a dramatic departure, petal feels fairly constrained and, occasionally, like a tame reimagining of her older work.
  — Aimee Cliff, Pitchfork, 31 July 2026
• For the first time in a while, there might be a case to be made that the Eastern Conference is better than the Western Conference on the whole.
  — Tony Jones, New York Times, 2 July 2026
• Yet perhaps my estrangement from the Spider-Man film series gives me a certain valuable perspective on the whole enterprise.
  — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026
• And a nationwide backlash against AI’s data centers suggests the public felt what was going on the whole time, not to mention their surging electricity bills.
  — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
• There were a few scientific papers that came out of the journey and some useful geological and survey work, but on the whole, the expedition’s accomplishments were minor.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
• Some individual defenders have played well, but on the whole, the defense has been abysmal, and it can’t be blamed solely on injuries to players like Lindor and Marcus Semien.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 12 July 2026
• While the Bruins had a field day churning out 277 yards on 32 carries, Chesney wants to see a consistent rotation of guards and tackles rather than having just two at each position to rely on the whole game.
  — Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 8 Sep. 2026
• Yet, on the whole, Alonso seemed in good spirits — although not enough to give reporters any juicy post-game insight into whether the club are going to sign Welbeck or Brentford midfielder Jordan Henderson.
  — Simon Johnson, New York Times, 28 July 2026
• This was offered as a way of talking about the Spanish capital on the whole, but it has been widely interpreted as flirting with 15-time Champions League winners Los Blancos.
  — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026