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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

Examples of all-time in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web These days the singer lives with his wife, singer Amy Holland, in Santa Barbara — where, speaking of lunch, his all-time favorite Mexican restaurant recently shuttered. Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024 Prices for single-family homes in the Miami area are now at an all-time high and the highest in Broward this year, according to April data from the Miami Association of Realtors. Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 28 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for all-time 

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Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
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 31 May. 2024.

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