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 most recent of these was just two years ago, when eastern and central swathes of the United States experienced the path of totality, the phenomenon that casts daytime into eerie midnight blackness for unnerving lengths of time.
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Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 14 Apr. 2026
The crew experienced a solar eclipse, including 54 minutes of totality where the sun’s light was blocked by Earth, spied planets, photographed the Milky Way and even witnessed flashes of light as space rocks slammed into the moon.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
Unlike solar eclipses viewed from Earth, which typically last only a few minutes, the geometry of Artemis 2's trajectory allowed for an extended period of totality lasting about 53 minutes.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 10 Apr. 2026
The moment of totality was brilliant.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2026
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Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 14 Apr. 2026
The crew experienced a solar eclipse, including 54 minutes of totality where the sun’s light was blocked by Earth, spied planets, photographed the Milky Way and even witnessed flashes of light as space rocks slammed into the moon.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
Unlike solar eclipses viewed from Earth, which typically last only a few minutes, the geometry of Artemis 2's trajectory allowed for an extended period of totality lasting about 53 minutes.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 10 Apr. 2026
The moment of totality was brilliant.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for totality
Noun
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Mehdi Bostanchi owns a ventilation and air conditioning factory, and a second producing household fans, with a total of more than 1,130 employees.—
Amir-Hussein Radjy,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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As part of his plea agreements, Jones agreed to give up a total of $73,000 and, at sentencing, could be ordered to pay additional sums as restitution.—
Michael R. Sisak,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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His leadership of Amazon’s cloud business has coincided with the AI boom and the remarkable scramble among cloud providers, including Microsoft, Google, and Oracle, to spend eye-popping sums building data centers and other AI infrastructure.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Paying upfront huge sums of money for an A-lister to do a show or movie at a streamer, that looks like success regardless of whether anybody showed up to actually watch it, but that doesn’t make sense in terms of how success has traditionally been understood.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Several Republicans running for governor have sought to tie Klobuchar to Walz, arguing Democrats as a whole are to blame for the fraud that’s plagued Minnesota’s social services.—
Mary Murphy,
Twin Cities,
4 May 2026
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They may be edited for clarity and reprinting in whole or in part in Variety publications.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
4 May 2026
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“Totality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/totality. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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