How to Use as a whole in a Sentence

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  • And will the Dodgers lineup wear down the Yankees’ pitching as a whole?
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Zoom out: The crypto industry as a whole wishes the nation had a better grid.
    Brady Dale, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The report highlighted the role online gambling has played in the rising availability of commercial gambling as a whole.
    Randi Richardson, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024
  • At the same time, this group as a whole has a lot to prove.
    Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2023
  • The key is to think about the room's lighting needs as a whole.
    Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Aug. 2023
  • His antlers had fine length, but the points were short and the head as a whole was light.
    Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 2 May 2024
  • The Foundry as a whole has 9,900 square feet of retail space.
    Scott Turner | , al, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Many are concerned for the fate of the district as a whole.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Oct. 2024
  • What does that tell you about this group, and this season as a whole?
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Indeed, the far right was no more unified than the GOP as a whole.
    Grace Segers, The New Republic, 31 May 2023
  • But there’s more to Bardugo’s books — and to the YA section as a whole — than a chance to get out of Dodge.
    Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024
  • This gets to the core of how people think of autism and disability as a whole.
    Pablo Manríquez, The New Republic, 11 July 2023
  • The project as a whole still needs more than $100 billion to be completed.
    Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 1 July 2024
  • What are your thoughts on musical trends, fads, and changes in the music scene as a whole?
    Billboard Japan, Billboard, 18 Apr. 2023
  • That’s not a bad description of Comic-Con as a whole in 2023.
    Peter Larsen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2023
  • That said, the vinyl experience as a whole can’t be beat.
    Liza Lentini, SPIN, 12 July 2024
  • What effect did this have on the populace, on the country as a whole?
    David Remnick, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2023
  • That being said, the director ponders the point of the Oscar race as a whole.
    Addie Morfoot, Variety, 6 Dec. 2023
  • But as a whole, the summer months have been productive.
    Scottie Bordelon, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2023
  • This appeared to be true not only of Britain, but of Europe as a whole north of the Mediterranean.
    WIRED, 7 Oct. 2023
  • The crux of the track speaks not only to Cyrus’ warm, hearty sentiments but also to his artistry as a whole.
    Njera Perkins, Peoplemag, 23 May 2024
  • Thornhill, in some ways, is a microcosm of the Browns defense as a whole.
    Dan Labbe, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Rose says her designs are inspired by the U.S. Women’s team as a whole.
    Rose Minutaglio, ELLE, 21 July 2023
  • The Chmerkovskiy's as a whole are creating their own soccer team LOL!
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 27 Apr. 2023
  • And, as a whole, Culver's came in at No. 7 on the list of best fast casual restaurants.
    Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 17 July 2024
  • Luciana Lopez: Are the media as a whole asking Trump the right questions?
    Luciana Lopez, USA TODAY, 14 May 2023
  • For me, the bank robbery episode was the only one in which the plot, the strangeness and the social satire came together as a whole.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Maui as a whole is an engine of Hawaii tourism, the state’s biggest industry.
    Time, 17 Aug. 2023
  • But the lack of access to plus-size clothing doesn’t stop and end at shapewear–the fashion industry as a whole is to blame.
    Cheyenne M. Davis, Essence, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Later, the guys talk how the bullpen has devolved into a null-pen and how pitching as a whole isn't getting the job done.
    Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 10 Apr. 2023

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