whole
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"The whole qualifying was not how it should be," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
One Swiss visitor recorded Elizabeth as “most lavishly attired in a gown of pure white satin, gold-embroidered, with a whole bird of paradise for panache, set forward on her head studded with costly jewels.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
The Bernstein team currently models a 46.2% gross margin for the company as a whole in the December quarter, while noting the consensus view is for a 46.7% margin.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
“It should tell the whole story of a nation, including the good and the bad, so Museum visitors can understand the development that led our nation to where it is today.”
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
“What’s wrong? You look like you’re carrying the weight of the whole world.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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In Mangold’s hands, parts become wholes and the exhibition a master class in synecdoche: the tree is the forest; the painter a human representative negotiating with the natural world.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
Food, trinkets and paper offerings are also extended to ancestors or deities, including wholes chickens, fruit, tea, sculptures, incense and candles.
From Fox News ● Jan. 27, 2022
Fragments force quick reading, ask for impressionistic understanding, and suggest parts rather than wholes.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
Rather than meander every which way, Mann’s latest water ribbons coalesce into dazzling wholes.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 29, 2021
As wholes, or parts, with movement or just motionless figures, with special attention to the color spots or ignoring them, with lots of ideas or just a few stereotyped responses.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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