How to Use as a whole in a Sentence

as a whole

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  • So serious gamers' adoption of Arrow Lake as a whole may be a slow burn.
    PCMAG, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Chu praised Grande during the interview for her performance not just in the show-stopping number, but in the film as a whole.
    Stephen Daw, Billboard, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Robinson also addressed the team as a whole during a meeting this week to apologize for creating a distraction.
    Adam Grosbard, Orange County Register, 27 Nov. 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
  • And will the Dodgers lineup wear down the Yankees’ pitching as a whole?
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 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
  • The Spanish economy is on course to expand at three times the pace of the Eurozone as a whole—and even eclipse U.S. growth rates in the process.
    Jorge Lluch, Fortune Europe, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The show works more in pieces than as a whole, mixing thrilling moments with low-energy ones.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 28 Nov. 2024

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