in all
idiom
: including everything or everyone
—used to indicate a total
There were about a thousand people at the concert in all.
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The team reached the World Series in all three of those seasons, winning in 1920.
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2024
There are only three houses in all of San Diego County that were listed in the Green Book in 1940 and one of those was in Coronado, which was the garbage man’s house.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2024
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2024
There are only three houses in all of San Diego County that were listed in the Green Book in 1940 and one of those was in Coronado, which was the garbage man’s house.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2024
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“In all.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20all. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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