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
Paradoxically, his quest for totality entailed a diminishment—of size, of scale, of material.
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Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Apr. 2026
Shooting with a filter also requires its manual removal during totality — or, when the sun is completely hidden by the moon — meaning a hand must enter the frame and interrupt the shot.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2026
Over the storm’s totality, from Feb. 15 to Feb. 19, a measuring site four miles southwest of where the avalanche occurred measured more than nine feet of new snow.
—Andrew Graham
april 2, Sacbee.com, 2 Apr. 2026
There had previously been extensive efforts in some developer communities to reverse-engineer Claude Code, with some success, but not with this totality.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 31 Mar. 2026
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Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Apr. 2026
Shooting with a filter also requires its manual removal during totality — or, when the sun is completely hidden by the moon — meaning a hand must enter the frame and interrupt the shot.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2026
Over the storm’s totality, from Feb. 15 to Feb. 19, a measuring site four miles southwest of where the avalanche occurred measured more than nine feet of new snow.
—Andrew Graham
april 2, Sacbee.com, 2 Apr. 2026
There had previously been extensive efforts in some developer communities to reverse-engineer Claude Code, with some success, but not with this totality.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for totality
Noun
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The layout offers up a total of six bedrooms, six bathrooms, and three half baths.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
19 May 2026
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This collection, the first celebrity collab for Lee, brings men's and women's clothing, fun bag charms, patchwork denim bags and even adorable pet shirts and bandanas -- over 100 items in total -- to shoppers for accessible prices ranging from $6 to $42.—
Kelsey Legg,
ABC News,
19 May 2026
Noun
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Ratner and the First Lady have all defended the steep cost of the film, which cost $40 million to make and another $35 million to market – outlandish sums for a documentary.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
20 May 2026
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Traditional preparations — Korean kimchi, Japanese miso, Eastern European sauerkraut, Central Asian kefir — have been refined over centuries to preserve the microbial communities that make these foods more than the sum of their ingredients.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
20 May 2026
Noun
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So much that was hidden now completes the whole.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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As a result, mathematical truths do not make up a unified whole of equally indubitable truths; instead, their status as knowledge varies gradually from doubtless facts to increasingly uncertain hypotheses.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
18 May 2026
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“Totality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/totality. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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