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Idioms  

1. Even, more so, as in Painting the room white will make it all the lighter , or They liked her all the better for not pretending , or You don't care for dessert? Good, all the more for us . Used to underscore a comparison, this idiom was used by Shakespeare in As You Like It (1:2): “All the better; we shall be the more marketable.” [Late 1500s] For a synonym, see so much the .

2. The entire amount of, as in These cousins were all the family he had . In this usage all the is short for all of the . [Ninth century a.d. ]

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The 37-year-old from Northern Ireland drove the ball superbly, but struggled on the greens which were a little bumpy given all the foot traffic that had gone before him.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

Morocco has firmly rejected all the accusations made against it, and has demanded evidence.

From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026

And if we base SpaceX’s odds on all the IPOs in Ritter’s database, regardless of size, there’s a 56.1% probability of the stock being below water in June 2029.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026

“We hear from clients all the time—they don’t have the workers they need. That could be welders, electricians, a lot of those folks are near retirement age,” Dimon said at the event.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Arlo gets to play all the current hip-hop he wants, so long as it’s the clean version.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold