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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
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.
Not at himself, of course, but at us, at society as a whole, for allowing him to get to this point.
The state now only trails Germany, China and the US as a whole.
The Nissan executive also reassured MPs that the impact of Donald Trump's tariffs on the Sunderland plant was "small", though the company as a whole was "impacted significantly".
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