as in total
a complete amount of something
the totality of the stars in the universe can only be loosely guessed at
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Her refusal to back down fortified the totality of her work.
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Hazlitt, 4 Sep. 2024
In a 2021 New Yorker essay, Parul Sehgal wrote about the prevalent use of a single devastating backstory to easily explain the totality of characters, leaving little mystery and denying consumers a morally complicated experience.
—Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 11 Aug. 2024
The only exception — and where any of the above uncertainty causes a problem — is the edges of the path of totality.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
The path of totality will cross over Greenland, Iceland, Russia, Spain and a small part of Portugal, while a partial eclipse will be visible in parts of Europe, Africa and North America.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
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Hazlitt, 4 Sep. 2024
In a 2021 New Yorker essay, Parul Sehgal wrote about the prevalent use of a single devastating backstory to easily explain the totality of characters, leaving little mystery and denying consumers a morally complicated experience.
—Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 11 Aug. 2024
The only exception — and where any of the above uncertainty causes a problem — is the edges of the path of totality.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
The path of totality will cross over Greenland, Iceland, Russia, Spain and a small part of Portugal, while a partial eclipse will be visible in parts of Europe, Africa and North America.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Totality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/totality. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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