as in totalities
a complete amount of something
the landlord eventually refunded the whole of our deposit
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Recent Examples of wholes
Bulls that aren’t saleable become steer for the ranch’s beef market, a direct-to-consumer enterprise through which local families can purchase beef by the pound or buy beef shares — freezer beef sold in quarters, halves or wholes.
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Matt Alderton, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
The right brain sees in wholes (the gestalt), whereas the left brain loves systems.
—Christian Wiman, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
His work at Bottega was characterized by a sophisticated understanding of craft and its capacity to hold apparently contradictory ideas in surprisingly human wholes.
—Nathan Heller, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2025
Matt Alderton, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
The right brain sees in wholes (the gestalt), whereas the left brain loves systems.
—Christian Wiman, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
His work at Bottega was characterized by a sophisticated understanding of craft and its capacity to hold apparently contradictory ideas in surprisingly human wholes.
—Nathan Heller, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wholes
Noun
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Only Spain misses out on the centerline, but long totalities are still possible there — up to 4 minutes, 40 seconds.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The National Weather Service said rain totals were expected to remain under one-quarter of an inch throughout the region, although communities were still expected to receive at least light showers.—
Austin Turner,
CBS News,
25 Apr. 2026
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While averages are mathematically calculated, the rainfall totals run from near zero to up to 20 or more inches a year.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Tax-exempt hospitals in Minnesota that have raked in large sums of revenue from a government safety net program spent tens of millions of dollars overseas over the past fiscal year, raising alarm among watchdogs monitoring the flow of cash in the nonprofit healthcare sector.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Apr. 2026
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Many of the technologies being used in the Enhanced Games are advents of extremely wealthy people spending enormous sums in strange clinics on therapies for themselves.—
Clara Molot,
Vanity Fair,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Wholes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wholes. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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