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What does on the whole mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word on the whole? Here's what it means.

Prepositional phrase
  1. (idiomatic) For the most part; apart from some insignificant details.
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The edge of the ship channel is one of the most attractive sites for housing on the whole waterfront.
The way things go in the first hour or so of the day is usually indicative of what the day will be like on the whole.
Perhaps part of my indifference is that on the whole, the cast was full of unconvincing actors.
Yet on the whole, it manages to blend seamlessly with the green and tranquil banks of the river.
Copper examples are on the whole more common than brass, though values are very similar.
The rich are probably getting richer but the poor are also doing a little better, on the whole and in the aggregate.

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