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: being for or of all time up to and including the present
especially : exceeding all others of all time
an all-time bestseller

Examples of all-time in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web One of our all-time favorites is obviously an Allure Best of Beauty Award winner: EltaMD's UV Clear Face Sunscreen. Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 21 June 2024 In Caribou, Maine, the heat index -- what the temperature feels like -- hit an all-time high of 103 degrees. Max Golembo, ABC News, 20 June 2024 Brazil’s all-time record goalscorer and a player with the ability to change a game in an instant, Neymar will be sorely missed for his contributions on the pitch, but also his leadership and status as an icon in an inexperienced dressing room. Matias Grez, CNN, 20 June 2024 With a potential fire sale of the residential, hotel and retail project approaching, a far more complex and expensive question looms over one of the region’s all-time real estate catastrophes: Can it be saved from the wrecking ball? Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for all-time 

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Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of all-time was in 1910

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“All-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-time. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.

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