the whole nine yards
Example Sentences
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"I'm chasing the companies that make those servers that go sit in those data centres, the companies that make the entire air conditioning, the water-cooling system -- the whole nine yards."
From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026
"Leader, cheerleader, athletic, the whole nine yards," he said.
From BBC • Jun. 20, 2022
But a limp bunch of fresh broccoli is me on my worst day — dull, tangled hair, dry skin, stained grey sweatsuit, the whole nine yards.
From Salon • Mar. 4, 2022
I was raised in church — Sunday school, bell choir, church choir, vacation Bible school, youth group, work camp, the whole nine yards.
From Washington Post • Oct. 26, 2021
Most of the books were my books — all the C.I.A. source material, the spy literature, the whole nine yards.
From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2020
