totalities

plural of totality
as in totals
a complete amount of something the totality of the stars in the universe can only be loosely guessed at

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Recent Examples of totalities The 2027 total solar eclipse is part of a family of moon shadows called Saros 136, which produces very long-duration totalities. Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026 While Spain offers a European setting, many eclipse chasers are eyeing destinations like Tunisia and Egypt for their very long totalities and very high chances of clear skies. Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 May 2026
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Noun
  • The National Hurricane Center predicted 8 to 12 inches of rainfall across Maui and the Big Island, with maximum totals as high as 25 inches in some spots on the Big Island.
    Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Ariana Grande Matches Elvis Presley’s Chart Wins While Grande and Presley are tied with the same number of top 10s on the Billboard Hot 100, their paths to accumulating those totals have been very different.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
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  • The latter falls in love, or reads Spinoza, and these two experiences have nothing to do with each other, or with the noise of the typewriter or the smell of cooking; in the mind of the poet these experiences are always forming new wholes.
    René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 June 2026
  • Both artists show systems through synecdoche, with parts standing in for wholes.
    Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 May 2026
Noun
  • Yet employers spend enormous sums purchasing healthcare without consistently demanding the same operational discipline.
    Eugene Litvak, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026
  • But even small retirement contributions can compound into large sums, given enough time.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Long Weekend largely aggregates and cross-promotes arts events already happening in the area on the first five days of July.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2026
  • Axon's Fusus platform separately aggregates shared community cameras, body cameras, drones and other feeds onto a real-time map.
    Luke Fountain, CNBC, 29 June 2026

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“Totalities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/totalities. Accessed 18 Aug. 2026.

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