the whole while

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the whole while

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  1. uncountable, of duration Always; constantly, all the time; (for) the complete duration. I now realise, after years as a minister, that what I have been the whole while was a sort of semi-socialist. Now I realise that we've got to try to hand back more decisions to the people. When he came into office in 1970, Mr Heath seemed […]

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noun always

Españoltodo el tiempo
Portuguêso tempo inteiro, o tempo todo
Françaistout le temps
Deutschimmer
Italianosempre
Русскийвсё вре́мя vsjo vrémja

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@misc{the_whole_while_2026,
  title = {the whole while},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/the%20whole%20while},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}