all the time
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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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Coach Sean McVay and general manager Les Snead have said Donald can take all the time he needs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
You can’t please all the people all the time.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
There was already music in the family - her mother, Avie Lee, sung folk songs all the time and her aunt played the guitar and wrote songs.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
“If you are not screaming all the time, the day that you sit them down and say, ‘This is wrong,’ they listen to you.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
He acts like we have all the time in the world.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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