the whole

Example Sentences

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We plan on staying at the house the whole weekend and hanging out by the pool.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

"You can imagine the whole system as a finely branched power grid that becomes increasingly damaged with age: connections break down and currents stall," explains Dr. Maria Ermolaeva, the study's lead author.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

One of the earliest scripts she wrote was a greeting for users returning home, which she wanted to feel like the "warmest welcome in the whole wide world."

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

It seems likely, if not certain, that the whole cooties thing would have been DOA in high school.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

We fight north the whole day and through the night and stop to rest in the morning at dawn around in back of an island to get out of the wind.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen