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altogether

[awl-tuh-geth-er, awl-tuh-geth-er] / ˌɔl təˈgɛð ər, ˈɔl təˌgɛð ər /




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But it can also eliminate the sale altogether.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

Some spots may pick up 20-30mm or more - particularly where showers repeatedly track over the same areas, while nearby locations could see much less - or even miss the showers altogether.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

If you host friends at your apartment because no one wants to spend $90 before the Uber ride home, have you somehow opted out of social life altogether?

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

Now she’s back with a new one—and it’s something else altogether.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2026

The tax on the slave trade was dropped altogether, as was the seventh resolution, with its vague declaration of solidarity with the benevolent goals of the Quaker petitioners.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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