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the whole time

ADJECTIVE

throughout

Synonyms

WEAK

all over all the time all through around at full length completely during every bit everyplace everywhere far and near far and wide for the duration from beginning to end from end to end from one end to the other from start to finish from the start from the word go high and low in all respects in every place in everything inside and out on all accounts over overall right through round through the whole of to the end up and down

PREPOSITION

during

Synonyms

WEAK

all along all the while amid as at the same time as at the time for the time being in the course of in the interim in the meanwhile in the middle of in the time of meanwhile mid midst over pending the time between throughout until when while

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So as he built a career and then a company, Brockman kept a journal the whole time.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

We spent 12 hours at the ER and, the whole time, I had my Notes app out and was just writing down everything I saw.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

That sometimes, the thing that makes a dish feel complete isn’t something new at all, but something that’s been sitting in your kitchen the whole time, waiting to be seen a little differently.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026

When she asked to speak to the manager, he came over and was "horribly rude, really really rude the whole time he was speaking to me", she said.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

One fist is at his chin, the other by his ear, the whole time.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

the whole time

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