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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
In February, the Board of County Commissioners in Union County, whose seat is Monroe, voted 3-2 to stop adding fluoride to drinking water at the Yadkin River Water Treatment Plant, the only water source wholly owned and operated by the county.
—Melba Newsome, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024
That understanding seems to be wholly absent from the people who think that, say, heckling Raskin into silence is also a form of democracy.
—Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
The results, showing small declines in support for Ukraine, seem wholly unreliable but were passed along to the strategists’ Kremlin masters as measures of success.
—Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
More recently it’s been more than just a place to take a break from her work as a digital archivist—becoming wholly a part of that work.
—Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 8 Apr. 2024
The trend calls for investment – though not wholly from the commissioning broadcaster.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
With a 97% customer satisfaction rating and 100% money back guarantee, Sunday Scaries wholly stands behind their products.
—Chrono Therapeutics, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
The Dow Jones Industrial Average also notched a respectable first quarter with a gain of 5.5 percent, which analysts took as a welcome sign that the current rally isn’t wholly dependent on Big Tech.
—Aaron Gregg, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
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Word History
Middle English hoolly, from hool whole
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Wholly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wholly. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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