all told

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for all told
Adverb
  • The study, which was done in living yeast cells and human cell lines, illustrates how proteins act collectively by forming a crystal that gathers caspases together to activate the cell death program and enable the cell to make a rapid life-or-death decision.
    Viviane Callier, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The defense posted its first regular-season shutout in 14 years, a collectively perfect day, but the offense has cooked for four weeks, and, yes, that includes a losing effort in Jacksonville.
    Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Arizona's most recent educational assessment scores show students overall essentially maintained their proficiency levels in math, reading and writing, but students with cognitive disabilities taking alternative standardized tests showed drops relative to their peers.
    Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Movies, Lego sets, theme parks — all of these are just part of his overall-clad empire.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • In other words, businesses ranging from Snapchat to McDonald’s essentially rent Amazon’s physical infrastructure located in places all around the world to operate their own websites.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
  • My grandmother has since passed, and different desserts now fill the oversized heirloom, but her memory is still all around us.
    Editors of Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
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“All told.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/all%20told. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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