as in collectively
with everyone or everything taken into account at the same time
all told, we made $14.64
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Recent Examples of all told
In one round, they were all told to walk as straight across as possible—or with essentially zero degrees of deviation.
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Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2025
Higashioka hit 20 home runs all told, including the playoffs, and took over the starting job down the stretch.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
With 1 billion monthly podcast users, YouTube would be far bigger than Spotify, which all told had 675 million monthly active users at the end of 2024.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 26 Feb. 2025
That cycle of emotions, all told with his eyes and mouth, has deservedly become an enduring meme.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2025
Higashioka hit 20 home runs all told, including the playoffs, and took over the starting job down the stretch.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
With 1 billion monthly podcast users, YouTube would be far bigger than Spotify, which all told had 675 million monthly active users at the end of 2024.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 26 Feb. 2025
That cycle of emotions, all told with his eyes and mouth, has deservedly become an enduring meme.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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Howard’s stardom began with the Orlando Magic, who drafted him first overall out of Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2004.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
8 July 2025
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Connor Bedard, Chicago Blackhawks Players drafted first overall in their draft class 1) are thought to have the highest ceiling and 2) are expected to hit that ceiling sooner.—
Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
8 July 2025
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“All told.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/all%20told. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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