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Recent Examples of entirety In 2006, the Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued a corrective action order, requiring the company to address integrity issues along the entirety of its 3,900-mile Pacific Coast pipelines after a rise in pipeline incidents. Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025 Taxpayers should applaud the cutoff of additional federal funds as a first step in a 10-step process of forcing state officials to recognize that the project should be terminated in its entirety. Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025 Almost the entirety of the nearly two-hour film unfolds over the course of that brief impact window, with the same roughly 18-minute interval playing out on screen three times over from the perspectives of different military and political officials. Megan McCluskey, Time, 24 Oct. 2025 The foundation posted a YouTube video of the speech on its site and urged people to watch it in its entirety. Dan Mangan, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for entirety
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Noun
  • Certain information has been provided by and/or is based on third party sources and, although such information is believed to be reliable, no representation is made with respect to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of such information.
    Katie Stockton, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
  • There is a completeness to his game that is pretty rare for a young player.
    Josh Yohe, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Finally, pay attention to changes in your breasts, such as thickening, swelling, nipple discharge, different colors or new areas of fullness, and seek medical evaluation as soon as something looks or feels different.
    Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The fullness was also impressive—I’d rate it an 8—and the overall look was very realistic, another 8 there.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Entirety.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entirety. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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