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throughout

/θɹuːˈaʊt/ adverb C2
  1. In every part; everywhere. · The apartment is parqueted throughout except for the kitchen and bathroom.
  2. During an entire period of time, the whole time. · The fight was excrutiating. Throughout, we maintained our dignity though.
  3. Of an ordinary such as a pile or chevron, or a partition per chevron, etc: extending to the edge of the field (or quarter, chief, etc).
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The daring attempt to rob the count was the topic of conversation throughout Paris for the next fortnight.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 844 · C1
The news spread rapidly throughout the city and everyone came to see the wonderful sight.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 118 · B2
Barrymore’s only indication had been that the stranger lived in one of these abandoned huts, and many hundreds of them are scattered throughout the length and breadth of the moor.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 148 · C1
“It only remains to indicate the part which she had played throughout.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 215 · C1

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