How to Use totality in a Sentence

totality

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  • The track of the moon's shadow across Earth's surface is called the path of totality.
    — Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2024
  • The rare total eclipse of the sun is April 8, and Hillsboro is one of the closest Texas cities to the path of totality.
    — Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Your returns come when the totality of the equation is well-oiled and aligned.
    — Anto Dotcom, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2022
  • And the totality, the experience of it all, is what Ron’s Place is about.
    — Max Olesker, Longreads, 13 July 2023
  • The 30-stock index measures just a fraction of the totality of the U.S. stock market.
    — WSJ, 21 July 2023
  • While the eclipse will last a couple of hours, totality will last just about four minutes.
    — Li Cohen, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Fun fact: San Antonio is one of few cities on the path of totality for next year’s eclipse, too.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 13 Oct. 2023
  • That is part of my goal and part of my role in editing — to take both the macro and the micro view of fairness and to look at the story in its totality.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2022
  • The water around us was gin clear in the palm of my hand, but with a depth of three miles, its totality was a glowing, rich blueness.
    — Carl Hoffman, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2023
  • This hybrid solar eclipse brought people from around the globe to the small town of Exmouth, one of the only places that had a view of the full totality.
    — Lilit Marcus, CNN, 22 Apr. 2023
  • At the moment of totality, the sun, earth and moon will all align to awe-inspiring effect.
    — Lilit Marcus, CNN, 19 Apr. 2023
  • That means your No. 1 objective for next April 8 is to get into the path of totality.
    — Dan Falk, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023
  • During totality, people there will see a ring of sunlight — or ring of fire, as many call it — glow around the entire edge of the moon.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Full totality, or when the moon is engulfed in the darkest part of the Earth’s shadow (or umbra), will last 1 hour and 25 minutes.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 15 May 2022
  • This also needs to be viewed within the totality of the labor battles at Starbucks over the past few months.
    — Aron Solomon, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Given the totality of new rules, there isn’t much of a payoff anymore.
    — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2023
  • The path of totality will cross the state from southwest to northeast, passing through cities like Cleveland, Akron and just north of Columbus.
    — The Enquirer, 11 Jan. 2024
  • However, if high pressure is abundant instead, then many in the path of totality could have at least some view of the sky.
    — Bill Bowden, arkansasonline.com, 18 Feb. 2024
  • This is called the path of totality – where the total solar eclipse is visible.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Many of these interpretations can vary based on the totality of the dream.
    — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The undrafted 28-year-old rookie was the first NBA player to truly open up to me and give me a shot to tell his story in totality.
    — James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Taken in totality, the crypto market has lost more than $2T of what was a $3T market.
    — Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 30 June 2022
  • For the best viewing, make sure you’re located within the path of totality.
    — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 8 Apr. 2022
  • However, since Cincinnati is outside of the path of totality, the moon will not completely block out the sun.
    — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Its majestic forests, farmlands, mountains, and meadows make up a fifth of the state, and the region will be in the path of totality of April’s solar eclipse.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2023
  • And all of that, in totality, is the president's record and the record the American people will decide upon.
    — NBC News, 20 Nov. 2022
  • Um, about 32 million Americans will be in the path of totality.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Because Texarkana is near the edge of the path of totality, the duration of complete darkness there will be about 2 minutes and 30 seconds.
    — Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2022
  • At totality, the stage at which the entire moon will be in Earth’s shadow, the moon will turn a dark reddish hue, which is why a total eclipse is also called a blood moon.
    — Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Particularly for The Skin of Our Teeth, which is about the end of the world over and over and over again, and the totality of human existence, scale is helpful.
    — Liz Appel, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2022

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