all instances

Every single case

All instances means every occurrence or example of something within a given context.

The phrase appears frequently in technical and formal settings: The bug affected all instances of the software, All instances of the word were replaced.

An instance is a single case, so all instances is the complete set.

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every single one · the whole lot · across the board · exhaustiveness · tallying · comprehensiveness · cataloging · inclusivity · indexing · omnipresence · wholeness · globality · ubiquity · complete set · completeness · numbering · roll call · documenting

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quantity/scope

all instancesnone

Not a single one

existence/presence

all instancesnothing

Not any thing

not any

Family

instance, instances, instancing, instanced

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G