as in total
a complete amount of something
the totality of the stars in the universe can only be loosely guessed at
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Recent Examples of totality
Occasionally, directly before and following totality, the moon can appear to have a blue and purple band of light upon it.
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Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Unfortunately, North America will miss live views of the eclipse due to not being in the path of totality.
Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa will be in the path of totality.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
And that’s really about serving the totality of your financial needs.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2025
In every location along the path of the 2026 eclipse, partial totality will last about two hours, and full totality will last two minutes.
—Cassandra Brooklyn, AFAR Media, 21 Aug. 2025
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Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Unfortunately, North America will miss live views of the eclipse due to not being in the path of totality.
Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa will be in the path of totality.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
And that’s really about serving the totality of your financial needs.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2025
In every location along the path of the 2026 eclipse, partial totality will last about two hours, and full totality will last two minutes.
—Cassandra Brooklyn, AFAR Media, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for totality
Noun
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New Mexico’s defense has given up an average of 419 yards per game in 2025, a total of 95 yards more than the 324 UCLA’s offense has averaged.—
Data Skrive,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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The Cultural, Artistic and Musical Programming Advisory Council received a total of 48 applications from qualified groups for the 2026 budget cycle, according to the three-year awards report.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That value is ironically and necessarily bound up with independence from government control, even as its realization depends on receiving enormous sums of government money.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2025
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Mark Zuckerberg has invested large sums of money into Meta.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
6 Sep. 2025
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Using Causal Loop Diagrams to make visible the theories that shape organizational performance can allow teams to see how one department’s decisions ripple across the whole.—
Thomas Lim,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Fortunately, Penner and Johnston said the final agreement will make Denver Water whole.—
The Denver Post Editorial Board,
Denver Post,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Totality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/totality. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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