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[hohl] / hoʊl /






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But, Tal noted, the whole automotive market tends to trend upward every spring, so the sale of EV units rose with it.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

She added: "From the film Drive to the Paris Olympics, the whole world was moved by Nightcall . Both danceable and nostalgic, his music will continue to transcend generations and borders."

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

“The whole industry learned a lot of lessons from how that dynamic played out,” said Sarah Sachs, head of AI at Notion, who attended the event.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

Finally, let’s talk about the court as a whole.

From Slate Jul. 29, 2026

The Whole Brainers will turn out to be right about the complex interconnections of the brain but wrong about the brain acting as a whole.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

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

Saar hops, skips and jumps among media, extracting the best of each and creating wholes greater than the sum of their parts.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 5, 2020

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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