Definitions

throughout

[throo-out] / θruˈaʊt /

ADJECTIVE

during the whole of

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 the whole time through the whole of to the end up and down

Example Sentences

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The study, published in Aging Cell, focused on gut luminal exosomes, microscopic particles that cells use to communicate by carrying proteins and genetic material throughout the body.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

These and other mysteries scattered throughout “The Dead Room” are all part of a criminal conspiracy that Ms. McPherson reveals after some unnecessary digressions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

"Grigore wrote a poetry book which is, to this day, one of the main ways for kids to learn the alphabet. That's how I learned the letters, as did many, many kids throughout Moldovan history."

From BBC • May 15, 2026

From a standoff over a US Secret Service agent’s weapon to a US staffer trampled during a melee, tensions bubbled to the surface throughout Trump's visit to Beijing.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

And Britain had declared a state of war throughout the vast British Empire.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

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