all the time
Idioms-
Also, all the while . Throughout a specific period, as in All the time the music was playing she tapped her foot , or The baby slept all the while the fire was being put out . [Late 1400s]
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Continuously, without interruption, as in That old refrigerator is running all the time .
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Frequently, repeatedly, as in He goes to that store all the time .
Example Sentences
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In short, the bull market’s pace of advance is hardly noteworthy: “It happens all the time… No biggie. Not even close,” they wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
Family members get bright ideas all the time about who should get what and when.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
"It's a hurricane, we get them all the time... we kind of knew that when we moved here," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Port says they’ve decided that the two exist in the same world and that “ghosts can see vampires but vampires cannot see ghosts — otherwise we’d see ghosts all the time on ‘Eternally Yours.’”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
I used to sneak into her bed all the time when I was little, before the Ranch.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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