as in totalities
a complete amount of something
the landlord eventually refunded the whole of our deposit
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Recent Examples of wholes
His work at Bottega was characterized by a sophisticated understanding of craft and its capacity to hold apparently contradictory ideas in surprisingly human wholes.
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Nathan Heller, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2025
Nathan Heller, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wholes
Noun
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Only Spain misses out on the centerline, but long totalities are still possible there — up to 4 minutes, 40 seconds.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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To be considered for team titles, a school must enter a minimum of five and a maximum of seven runners, with the five best scores counting toward the team totals.—
Mike Waters,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Oct. 2025
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The totals were then used to determine the most outdoorsy state of all—an award that went to Vermont.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Oct. 2025
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There were plausible reasons to sell senior players Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez, Jarell Quansah and Caoimhin Kelleher — given the sums that were offered, or the fact that the players themselves were pushing for moves — but none had to be sold.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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No more shooting, no more Death, no more vast and unsustainable sums of money spent.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Wholes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wholes. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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