as in entirety
the quality or state of being without restriction, exception, or qualification
the completeness of my respect for the theory of relativity is in no way diminished by the incompleteness of my understanding of the details
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Recent Examples of completeness
Step back and prioritize clarity over completeness.
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Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Furthermore, data matching in elections is notoriously difficult and there are questions about the completeness of the Social Security Administration's citizenship data USCIS is relying on.
—Miles Parks, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
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, 8 Sep. 2025
Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Furthermore, data matching in elections is notoriously difficult and there are questions about the completeness of the Social Security Administration's citizenship data USCIS is relying on.
—Miles Parks, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
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, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for completeness
Noun
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Because everything was kept in one place, when the user saved the system state to a floppy disk, their entire workspace was frozen and stored in its entirety.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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Burns, a center who missed the entirety of his true freshman season with a similar injury, opted to avoid surgery last year.—
Joseph Pastilha,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
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Don’t leave your wholeness to chance.—
Amanda Miller Littlejohn,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Many cultures have felt tasked with the problem of restoring some semblance of that imagined inner wholeness, in the hope that humanity will be freed of its emotional isolation.—
Vivian Gornick,
New Yorker,
16 Aug. 2025
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Such beverages are easy to drink but don't provide a sense of satiety, or fullness, that would otherwise cue people to stop eating or drinking.—
Alejandra Borunda,
NPR,
10 Sep. 2025
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Though the decision to release Torres in the fullness of time proved a wise one, critics of FSG would have liked a quicker route back to the top for their club.—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Completeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/completeness. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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