all the

Even, more so, as in Painting the room white will make it all the lighter , or They liked her all the better for not pretending , or You don't care for dessert? Good, all the more for us . Used to underscore a comparison, this idiom was used by Shakespeare in As You Like It (1:2): “All the better; we shall be the more marketable.” [Late 1500s] For a synonym, see so much the .
The entire amount of, as in These cousins were all the family he had . In this usage all the is short for all of the . [Ninth century a.d. ]

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We have a GDS system that's broken, and a Dollar General economy that’s broken, and so people in one form or another bring this up to me all the time.

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"We again thank everyone who has been part of the process to ensure justice for Mabli Cariad and for all the support we have received as a family. We still face a life sentence without her."

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And all the while time is ticking with pregnant women, new babies and staff expected to work in less than perfect conditions.

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"We need all the prayers and words of love. It's love is keeping him alive."

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“My peers all the time feel this frustration that just because you go to college and get a degree doesn’t mean you’ll get a job,” said Leonido, who grew up in the Westlake area.

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All that glitters is not gold all the best

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