all that
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Too, very, usually employed in a negative context meaning not too, not very. For example, The new house is not all that different from your old one . [Mid-1900s] Also see none too .
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That and everything else of the kind. For example, She enjoys wearing nice clothes and perfume and all that . [c. 1700] Also see and all .
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See for all that .
Example Sentences
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But by 1936 when Kentucky carried out the last public execution, all that changed.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026
And he quotes Warren Buffett, who once said: ”If past history was all that is needed to play the game of money, the richest people would be librarians.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
In March 2024, the couple had a meeting with the trust to discuss all that had happened.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
So maybe it isn’t all that surprising that before my husband and I bought my dream home in southern Connecticut, I made sure my place would be as climate-proof as possible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
She’d gotten all that out of a thirty-second stop in the office.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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