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 totality of the circumstances surrounding this Committee's investigation leave Dr. O'Connor no choice but to decline to answer questions on two overlapping grounds.
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
The totality phase, when the Earth's shadow fully covers the moon, is expected to last around 65 minutes, according to NASA.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Be at sea level on the eastern side for 4 minutes, 32 seconds of totality.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 19 July 2025
Duration of totality: longest near/in Luxor, Egypt — the longest total eclipse on land between 2009 and 2114.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
The totality phase, when the Earth's shadow fully covers the moon, is expected to last around 65 minutes, according to NASA.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Be at sea level on the eastern side for 4 minutes, 32 seconds of totality.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 19 July 2025
Duration of totality: longest near/in Luxor, Egypt — the longest total eclipse on land between 2009 and 2114.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for totality
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After years of outreach and investment in contracts with cell phone providers, officials have built a database of roughly 1.6 million numbers, covering about 75% of the capital-area population in total.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American Statesman,
25 July 2025
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The world champions had a total of 22 goal attempts in the game: nine on target, eight off-target and four blocked, plus that Paredes effort that struck the woodwork.—
Laia Cervelló Herrero,
New York Times,
24 July 2025
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KPop Demon Hunters’ streaming sum of 109.53 million clicks is the biggest for a soundtrack since Encanto was in its seventh week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (March 5, 2022; with 114.67 million).—
Jim Asker,
Billboard,
23 July 2025
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Users spend immense sums on digital items, using Roblox’s proprietary currency, Robux.—
AJ Dhaliwal,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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Women, on the whole, still earn 82 cents on the dollar (a gap that widens for women of color) here in the United States.—
Randi Braun,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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That Lewis and Lamb Chop (and Hush Puppy and Charlie Horse) were part of one, greater whole is a given.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
17 July 2025
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“Totality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/totality. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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