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The moon was bathed in the reflected red and orange hues of Earth’s sunsets and sunrises for about 1 1/2 hours, one of the longest totalities of the decade.

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2022

Essentially, we need to understand that mass immunity is not a matter of totalities; rather, it is a continuum that stretches from "can't ever be infected" to "won't be hospitalized or will die if infected."

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2020

The longest totalities provide about six minutes of being in the complete shadow of the moon.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2017

The paranoid outlook can be internally logical, never trivializing, and capable of explaining any or all observed phenomena as aspects of larger, symmetrical totalities.

From Slate • May 31, 2017

We shall call this the ‘vicious-circle principle,’ because it enables us to avoid the vicious circles involved in the assumption of illegitimate totalities.

From The philosophy of B*rtr*nd R*ss*ll by Various