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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Compressing and occasionally revealing all that she has been through in “The Handmaid’s Tale” and before, what she manages to make Aunt Lydia is both Dorian Gray and his portrait.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
"So you have all that expertise on building electronics and you capitalise on that and then you get incredible… robotics start-ups."
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
“I think why people have been gravitating towards semi cap and memory and some of these ‘picks and shovels’ is, they’re the beneficiaries of all that capex,” he said.
From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026
When you take all that into longer-term consideration, job growth does not look so robust.
From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026
“Well, is that it? It doesn’t sound all that exciting or special. It’s not like we ever thought I was supposed to stay here.”
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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