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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
With everything included or counted
Example:
altogether he earns close to a million dollars
Synonyms:
all told; altogether; in all
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Context examples:
The storm was observed to affect the ionosphere in all of Earth's northern latitudes.
(Solar Storms Can Drain Electrical Charge Above Earth, NASA)
Within two months of receiving the injections, pain decreased in all of the participants, with 11 out of 13 subjects reporting that their pain was mild or had disappeared.
(Scientists identify spasm in women with endometriosis-associated chronic pelvic pain, National Institutes of Health)
Not finding the variant in all groups despite large numbers of participants in each group strengthens the argument that findings from one population cannot always be generalized to others.
(Study of multiethnic genomes identifies 27 genetic variants associated with disease, National Institutes of Health)
What would she think if she learned that he had never washed his teeth in all the days of his life?
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Parabens were found in all the products studied—in particular ethylparaben, followed by methylparaben—but in average concentrations lower than those of bisphenol A and with less pronounced differences between store type.
(Nine out of ten pairs of baby socks on the market contain traces of bisphenol A and parabens, University of Granada)
In all the time they had him he was never known to bark.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
But this study, which was small, suggests that plastic, whether it's bad for us or not, is already in all of us.
(Researchers Discover Microplastics in 100 Percent of People Studied, VOA)
Further experiments showed that, in all three mouse models, the reduction in liver tumor growth that resulted from antibiotic treatment was dependent on these NKT cells.
(Study finds gut microbiome can control antitumor immune function in liver, National Institutes of Health)
The researchers mapped the binding locations of these factors in all 3 species in diverse cell types, developmental stages, and conditions.
(Expanding Our Understanding of Genomics, NIH)
Spermine is a metabolite – a substance involved in metabolism – that plays an important role in all cells and is even essential for the growth of some bacteria.
(Baby’s sex affects mother’s metabolism and may influence risk of pregnancy-related complications, University of Cambridge)