as a whole

idiom

: as a complete unit

—used to make a statement that relates to all the parts of something

Language as a whole is constantly evolving.

The lecture was intended for the group as a whole.

The company as a whole is doing well.

Examples of as a whole in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Panthers as a whole, and Tkachuk individually, had no qualms making their grand plan known. —

Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 7 June 2024 The company as a whole is responsible for roughly 20 percent of South Korea’s GDP. —

Victoria Song, The Verge, 7 June 2024 Generally, the nation as a whole is somewhere in the middle of these two poles represented in the polling. —

Philip Elliott, TIME, 6 June 2024 Scientists, along with most academics, are more politically liberal than the country as a whole, according to recent studies about political donations. —

Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for as a whole

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