all along

adverb

: all the time
knew the truth all along

Examples of all along in a Sentence

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Yet in Morrison’s book, the show is simply the result of what Michaels has been doing all along — trying to convene talent in hopes of gaining a fortuitous result. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025 Many legal experts in and outside of government believe this was the administration’s plan all along: drag out Trump’s most aggressive and controversial policy decisions in court for so long that by the time any permanent judgment comes down, favorable or not, USAID will be nothing but a memory. Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 9 Feb. 2025 Although these nanotubes were first observed only in 2011, biologists now think that bacteria have been making these structures all along unnoticed. Veronique Greenwood, WIRED, 9 Feb. 2025 Who knew that the key to smarter buildings was hiding in our forests all along? Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 6 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for all along 

Word History

First Known Use

1619, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of all along was in 1619

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“All along.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20along. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

all along

adverb
: all the time
knew the truth all along

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