the whole time

Part of Speech:

All (2) Adjective (1) Preposition (1)

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throughout adj.
during prep.

ADJECTIVE

throughout

Synonyms

WEAK

all over all the time all through around at full length completely during every bit everyplace everywhere far and near far and wide for the duration from beginning to end from end to end from one end to the other from start to finish from the start from the word go high and low in all respects in every place in everything inside and out on all accounts over overall right through round through the whole of to the end up and down

PREPOSITION

during

Synonyms

WEAK

all along all the while amid as at the same time as at the time for the time being in the course of in the interim in the meanwhile in the middle of in the time of meanwhile mid midst over pending the time between throughout until when while

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the whole time

And Gil's wife, Gusbimar Gonzalez, who had been watching over the rescue operation the whole time, was able to embrace her husband again.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

You really see this change, and yet it doesn’t feel capricious because he has been listening the whole time.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

"I was terrified the whole time," says the woman, who has asked to remain anonymous for fear of repercussions.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

So as he built a career and then a company, Brockman kept a journal the whole time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026

But the whole time I am in the box, I miss the fluorescent lights of the lab.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

the whole time

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