all along

Idioms  

1. From the start, throughout, from end to end, as in I've known he was innocent all along. [c. 1600] Also see all along the line.

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all along

Or, if admissible and verified, the Senussi Files might prove once and for all what Dick Marquise and other investigators have been saying all along.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

The disruption has been good for local business all along the value chain.

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

"We took something old, which is this conservative, canonical approach to quantum gravity, and discovered something new that had been there all along," Alexander said.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026

But Mike Mulvihill, president of insights and analytics for Fox Sports, asserts that the viewers have been there all along.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

The Meuse-Argonne Offensive was part of a larger Allied offensive taking place all along the Western Front as German armies fell back to the Hindenburg Line—their last line of resistance.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman