all the while
idiom
: during the entire time
He claimed that he was happy, but he was thinking all the while of quitting his job.
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And The Summer Book, which Sophia’s father is constructing all the while, drawing at his desk overlooking the silvery sea when his daughter goes to bed, is a show of love without words.
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Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2024
That’s a 41% smaller nest egg—or six fewer years of retirement accounted for, had that worker stayed at one place all the while.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024
Your full-glam-loving cousin will love this formula, which locks in her look for up to 24 hours, hydrating all the while.
—Annie Blackman, Allure, 17 Oct. 2024
After forging a deep connection over their traumas, Finch and Beyer would eventually marry and co-parent Beyer’s children following the suicide of their father — all the while Finch was siphoning off details from Beyer’s darkest hours for her writing.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 15 Oct. 2024
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Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2024
That’s a 41% smaller nest egg—or six fewer years of retirement accounted for, had that worker stayed at one place all the while.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024
Your full-glam-loving cousin will love this formula, which locks in her look for up to 24 hours, hydrating all the while.
—Annie Blackman, Allure, 17 Oct. 2024
After forging a deep connection over their traumas, Finch and Beyer would eventually marry and co-parent Beyer’s children following the suicide of their father — all the while Finch was siphoning off details from Beyer’s darkest hours for her writing.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 15 Oct. 2024
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