as in collectively
with everyone or everything taken into account at the same time
all told, we made $14.64
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Recent Examples of all told
Bullish investors can perhaps lean on the fact that the U.S. is not a particularly trade-dependent one, all told.
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 17 May 2025
In one round, they were all told to walk as straight across as possible—or with essentially zero degrees of deviation.
—Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2025
Higashioka hit 20 home runs all told, including the playoffs, and took over the starting job down the stretch.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
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.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 26 Feb. 2025
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 17 May 2025
In one round, they were all told to walk as straight across as possible—or with essentially zero degrees of deviation.
—Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2025
Higashioka hit 20 home runs all told, including the playoffs, and took over the starting job down the stretch.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
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.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 26 Feb. 2025
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Getty Images for The Recording Academy From time to time, BTS fans collectively turn their attention to one tune from the South Korean boy band’s catalog, turning it into a focus track, perhaps for the first time.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The tech sector's eight billion-dollar companies collectively added more than $400 billion in market cap.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
8 Sep. 2025
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The win marks Cranston's first Emmy since the conclusion of Breaking Bad, and his first Emmy for a comedy performance overall.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Sep. 2025
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The Office for National Statistics data below is for the United Kingdom overall, rather than simply England.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Harry brought his trademark humor and warmth to the awards, a ceremony honoring seriously ill children who have shown incredible courage, joking and making smiles all around.—
Erin Hill,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Sabrina Carpenter’s new album Man’s Best Friend is a huge win all around the world now that its initial tracking frame has finished and millions have heard – or even purchased – the title.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“All told.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/all%20told. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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