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Recent Examples of totality Actually, considering the 12 straight batters who made outs midgame, yesterday was in totality very much like recent games and very much like games early in the season. Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2025 These numbers have surpassed the totality of last year's infections, which added up to just 285 across 32 states with 16 distinct outbreaks and 69% of cases being outbreak-associated. Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 10 May 2025 Not all mandates apply, but the totality of those that do creates undue hardship for towns and cities. Lisa J. Marotta, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2025 But, for now, the totality of the economic data isn’t expected to draw out Federal Reserve policymakers from their monthslong stint as wallflowers, economists say. Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 11 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for totality
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Noun
  • Sun, who has now invested a total of at $75 million in World Liberty Financial, has become an advisor to the company.
    Zach Everson, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
  • SpaceX is currently working to deploying a total of 12,000 Starlink satellites, but has plans, if approved, to grow the megaconstellation to more than 34,000 units in orbit.
    Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Six months ago, the seller put the 1.84-acre lot on the market for an even bigger sum: $200 million.
    Phoebe Liu, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
  • Nearly half of that sum is estimated to be part of the signing bonus with which the two-time major champion joined LIV Golf, valued at $300 million.
    Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025
Noun
  • As for your everyday wear, Hawaiian style on the whole is fairly casual.
    Abby Morgan Lebet, Glamour, 20 June 2025
  • Yet on the whole, the economic and market turbulences of April and May have quickly subsided and set the stage for a strong summer and fall.
    Robert Frank, CNBC, 20 June 2025

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“Totality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/totality. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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