How to Use all-time in a Sentence

all-time

adjective
Definition of all-timenext
  • The cliff fall from all-time team to epic disappointment just gets steeper.
    — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Last fall, the Great Salt Lake’s water levels reached an all-time low.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2023
  • The Nittany Lions set the all-time single-season Big Ten record for made 3-pointers.
    — Dave Campbell, Chron, 18 Mar. 2023
  • And his fourth assists out of his sixth total in that game pushed him past Paul Westphal for fourth all-time in franchise history for that category.
    — Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Louisville leads the all-time series, 7-4, and is 4-0 against Duke at home.
    — Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 4 Jan. 2024
  • As was the case last month, 10 of the 20 cities in the sample have reached all-time high levels.
    — Anna Bahney, CNN, 26 Sep. 2023
  • From the East to the West, celebrity hauntings were at an all-time high.
    — Vogue, 28 Oct. 2023
  • This puts the franchise at No. 12 on the all-time global chart.
    — Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 26 July 2024
  • Head to head, Djokovic leads Medvedev in their all-time meetings, with a record of 9-5.
    — Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Sep. 2023
  • This very low-tech tool is one of my all-time favorites.
    — Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 5 June 2023
  • Apple’s shares have risen 15% since May 1, and are near an all-time high.
    — Byverne Kopytoff, Fortune, 7 June 2024
  • Hot 100, an all-time record in the history of the Billboard Japan charts.
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 7 Dec. 2023
  • But the all-time star is The O.G. cookie: a classic chocolate chip.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 26 Sep. 2023
  • David Bowie is my all-time favorite, but there are many more.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Shares of the chipmaker have dipped about 9% from their all-time high reached on June 20.
    — Yun Li, CNBC, 15 July 2024
  • The debt relative to the size of the economy will soon hit an all-time high.
    — Chris Edwards, National Review, 18 Dec. 2023
  • And the Packers' all-time great appears ready for any team to pick up the phone and give him a call ahead of the 2023 season.
    — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Arena, 71, is the league’s all-time winningest coach and holds the record with five MLS Cup titles.
    — Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2023
  • These two games will be the last Bay-centric matchups before the A’s, who lead the all-time series 75-71, head up north.
    — Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Elvis Presley is second on the all-time list of leaders with 14.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 13 Nov. 2023
  • School shootings and the rate of children and teens killed by gunfire both reached all-time highs since at least 1999.
    — James Bandler, ProPublica, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Financial markets are at or near all-time highs, and the S&P 500 could hit a new record this week, too.
    — Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Two years ago, 20 people died in San Diego County jails, tied for an all-time high.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Shares of Electronic Arts have ticked up over 1% on the day, to a one-week high of nearly $143, just shy of its all-time high.
    — Brian Bushard, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Barry Bonds, with 762, is now baseball's all-time home run king.
    — Jace Evans, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2023
  • That prevented the Aztecs from tying the all-time series, which Air Force now leads 20-18.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The launch of the network is a step in the right as the need for diverse representation in the media is at an all-time high.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Arguably the worst Batman movie and maybe worst superhero movie of all-time.
    — David Betancourt, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
  • Their roughly $170 billion market cap has been reaching all-time highs in recent weeks as investors park their funds in them, while waiting for bitcoin to move meaningfully in one direction or another .
    — Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2024
  • The benefits were apparent in the third quarter, with total segment margin coming in at 22.6%, an all-time high for Dover’s consolidated portfolio, according to Tobin.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2024

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