as in total
a complete amount of something
the totality of the stars in the universe can only be loosely guessed at
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Recent Examples of totality
The path of totality is only a few hours' drive from Toulouse, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Marseille and Lyon in France and only a day's drive from Paris, Geneva in Switzerland and Turin in Italy.
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Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 May 2026
In totality, the Thunder have a substantiated bench plan, while the Lakers’ rotations have been in flux all season long.
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
The speed and totality with which this happened shocked everyone except Mother, who said with pride that this aggression was what being a man meant.
—Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026
Paradoxically, his quest for totality entailed a diminishment—of size, of scale, of material.
—Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Apr. 2026
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Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 May 2026
In totality, the Thunder have a substantiated bench plan, while the Lakers’ rotations have been in flux all season long.
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
The speed and totality with which this happened shocked everyone except Mother, who said with pride that this aggression was what being a man meant.
—Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026
Paradoxically, his quest for totality entailed a diminishment—of size, of scale, of material.
—Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for totality
Recent Examples of Synonyms for totality
Noun
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The layout offers up a total of six bedrooms, six bathrooms, and three half baths.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
19 May 2026
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This collection, the first celebrity collab for Lee, brings men's and women's clothing, fun bag charms, patchwork denim bags and even adorable pet shirts and bandanas -- over 100 items in total -- to shoppers for accessible prices ranging from $6 to $42.—
Kelsey Legg,
ABC News,
19 May 2026
Noun
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Ratner and the First Lady have all defended the steep cost of the film, which cost $40 million to make and another $35 million to market – outlandish sums for a documentary.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
20 May 2026
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Traditional preparations — Korean kimchi, Japanese miso, Eastern European sauerkraut, Central Asian kefir — have been refined over centuries to preserve the microbial communities that make these foods more than the sum of their ingredients.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
20 May 2026
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So much that was hidden now completes the whole.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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As a result, mathematical truths do not make up a unified whole of equally indubitable truths; instead, their status as knowledge varies gradually from doubtless facts to increasingly uncertain hypotheses.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
18 May 2026
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“Totality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/totality. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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