as in collectively
with everyone or everything taken into account at the same time
all told, we made $14.64
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With 1 billion monthly podcast users, YouTube would be far bigger than Spotify, which all told had 675 million monthly active users at the end of 2024.
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 26 Feb. 2025
That cycle of emotions, all told with his eyes and mouth, has deservedly become an enduring meme.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
While Ferrari originally planned on making 400 copies of the F40, the money kept flowing in, so the company kept building: all told, more than 1,300 examples rolled out of the factory, even at an official price tag of just under $400,000.
—Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
There’s a creepy hitchhiker, a girl who becomes impaled by a meat hook, and graveyard vandalism, all told in a grainy, documentary style (including a series of unsettling radio reports and opening narration).
—Sydney Bishop, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 26 Feb. 2025
That cycle of emotions, all told with his eyes and mouth, has deservedly become an enduring meme.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
While Ferrari originally planned on making 400 copies of the F40, the money kept flowing in, so the company kept building: all told, more than 1,300 examples rolled out of the factory, even at an official price tag of just under $400,000.
—Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
There’s a creepy hitchhiker, a girl who becomes impaled by a meat hook, and graveyard vandalism, all told in a grainy, documentary style (including a series of unsettling radio reports and opening narration).
—Sydney Bishop, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for all told
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However, drinking okra water daily would offer hydration benefits, as research shows that increasing your water intake overall supports hydrated skin and can improve a complexion.10 3.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Verywell Health,
21 May 2025
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Opponents are shooting just 37 percent in clutch minutes, and New York is absolutely dominating second-half play overall.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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