the whole idea
Example Sentences
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That is antithetical to the whole idea of offering default settings, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
“A good portion of my life growing up was on a farm, and as a kid, I hated the whole idea of it,” George said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Third, the whole idea is malarkey—a half-witted distortion of fairly conventional deterrence theory.
From Slate ● Apr. 21, 2026
“That’s the whole idea of Remembers. We like the fact that money is a means, not an end.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
I could see that the whole idea and business of Childhood was nothing guaranteed.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
