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as a whole
Idioms and Phrases
All parts or aspects considered, altogether, as in I like the play as a whole, though the second act seemed somewhat slow . [Early 1800s] Also see on the whole .Example Sentences
The Cook Political Report, which rates how partisan districts are, scores the 7th District as “even,” meaning it votes about the same as the nation as a whole.
"There are some, you know, some hard hitting messages in the report about performance and productivity across the NHS as a whole... there are some tough messages in there, but, it's essentially an optimistic report, because it spells out a path towards how we can get that level of performance to where we all want it to be so people get fast access to the best possible care," he said.
While the voting gap between men and women as a whole was no larger in 2024 than in 2020, that was not the case with men under 30: These men swung right at nearly double the rate of young women.
Burnett selected his film’s songs with care, curating a fittingly soulful counterpoint to his critical portrait of inequality — not just in L.A. but in the country as a whole.
For decades, many in the oil and gas-rich prairie provinces of Alberta and Saskachtewan have bemoaned how they are underrepresented, despite the region's economic significance for the country as a whole.
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