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entirety

[en-tahyuhr-tee, -tahy-ri-] / ɛnˈtaɪər ti, -ˈtaɪ rɪ- /


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Similarly, Francesca Marie Smith voiced Helga G. Pataki for the entirety of “Hey Arnold!” and up to “The Jungle Movie” in 2017.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

That’s the premise behind the Slate series Blogging the Bible, in which David Plotz spent a year reading his religion’s founding text in its entirety and reflecting on what he learned.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

That idea — that a chef’s point of view comes from the entirety of a life, rather than one neatly defined culinary tradition — surfaced again during a panel about travel and where chefs eat.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Now it is a vulnerability, spreading its available air defenses thin across a landmass that is difficult to defend in its entirety.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

It was, and would be throughout the entirety of my time in the White House, a balm for my spirit, a way to momentarily escape my First Lady worries, my self-consciousness about constantly being judged.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

In the same life, all the way through the balance of her teens and the entireties of her 20s and 30s, it figures she’s loath to use the word “retirement.”

From Washington Post ● Aug. 10, 2022

Richard was one who would always deal with entireties, being capable of no divisions nor subtleties of praise or blame.

From Madelon A Novel by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman




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