whole
adjective
comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total.
wholes
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pluralof whole.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Each composer has a specific lighting color, to give a sense of which fragments combine to make wholes.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
Food, trinkets and paper offerings are also extended to ancestors or deities, including wholes chickens, fruit, tea, sculptures, incense and candles.
From Fox News ● Jan. 27, 2022
Fragments force quick reading, ask for impressionistic understanding, and suggest parts rather than wholes.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
Saar hops, skips and jumps among media, extracting the best of each and creating wholes greater than the sum of their parts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2020
As wholes, or parts, with movement or just motionless figures, with special attention to the color spots or ignoring them, with lots of ideas or just a few stereotyped responses.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
