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: being for or of all time up to and including the present
especially : exceeding all others of all time
an all-time bestseller

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In 2024 the uninsured rate was 8.2%, near the all-time low, in large part because of the Medicaid expansion under the 2010 Affordable Care Act. Elisabeth Rosenthal, Miami Herald, 22 May 2025 Nine months later, Djokovic will now return to that arena, chasing another elusive goal: the 25th Grand Slam title that will take him ahead of Australian player Margaret Court in the all-time lists. Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 22 May 2025 Bitcoin has surged to an all-time high of around $112,000 per bitcoin, soaring amid a flood of hyper-bullish bitcoin price predictions. Billy Bambrough, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025 Also notable in the post shard by Duke is the fact that under Scheyer all-time the Blue Devils' basketball team has a 3.29 average GPA. Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for all-time

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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The first known use of all-time was in 1910

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“All-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-time. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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