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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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But most importantly, the chief of staff should be the president’s most trusted adviser, willing to provide an honest assessment and opinion on all the important issues that reach the Resolute Desk.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

Raman: I think it clearly makes the news media uncomfortable, because they report on it all the time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

The scoreboard showed a tie game, but No. 7 LSU owned all the momentum, and a Tigers comeback now seemed inevitable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

But fitting all the evidence into one explanation remains difficult.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

One of Joey’s secret ambitions is to go to all the places where she can listen to music, such as Carnegie Hall in New York.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly