all along

Idioms  

1. From the start, throughout, from end to end, as in I've known he was innocent all along. [c. 1600] Also see all along the line.

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all along

I’ll be testing to see if the watch can finally tell me what to do with the numbers it has been collecting all along.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Of course, once an independent coroner from New Jersey confirmed what Zadroga and his family had said all along, Bloomberg apologized.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s marine heat wave tracker, it has spread all along the California coastline.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

"Many of our most important medicines have come from nature. I'm delighted that the components for a better-than-commercial antivenom were in these snakes all along."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026

Pilu, the fortune-teller’s dog, had been right all along.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day