all of

No less than, at least, as in Although she looked much younger, she was all of seventy . [First half of 1800s]
The entire amount of something, as in The baby ate all of his cereal . This usage is relatively new, the word of being included only from about 1800 on.

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“My friends are my biggest influences. All of my favorite musicians come out of the Baltimore area,” he says.

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Bonta sounded the alarm as the California Department of Justice released a 165-page report that found all of the state’s six privately-operated immigration detention facilities are falling short in providing mental health care for detainees.

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The woman said she was waiting for news at home with her mother and siblings, while her father was defending the town with the other local men, not all of whom were Druze, adding: "There is nothing we can do but pray."

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"I have today asked the court for more time to provide this, because I need advice from officials so that I can answer all of the questions that the court has put to me," Ben said.

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Not all of the 1,500 horses stabled are eligible to race in the Kentucky Derby.

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