all the while
idiom
: during the entire time
He claimed that he was happy, but he was thinking all the while of quitting his job.
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Instead, our legislators punch down on coal communities, claiming to uplift the working class, all the while leaving these working Marylanders behind.
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Daniel A.c. McBride, Baltimore Sun, 1 June 2025
Each change kept people on Google longer and reduced click-throughs, all the while pushing the search results down the page.
—Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 20 May 2025
So, because of an overly strong dollar, the U.S. exports dollar bills while the world sends their cheap stuff into the U.S. Exporting currencies stay rich in their own money, and the U.S. looks rich in its currency – all the while bleeding out through a trade deficit.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Cue a mad dash to rendezvous with his business associates, all the while foiling further assassination plots.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 18 May 2025
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Daniel A.c. McBride, Baltimore Sun, 1 June 2025
Each change kept people on Google longer and reduced click-throughs, all the while pushing the search results down the page.
—Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 20 May 2025
So, because of an overly strong dollar, the U.S. exports dollar bills while the world sends their cheap stuff into the U.S. Exporting currencies stay rich in their own money, and the U.S. looks rich in its currency – all the while bleeding out through a trade deficit.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Cue a mad dash to rendezvous with his business associates, all the while foiling further assassination plots.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 18 May 2025
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“All the while.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20the%20while. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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