full-on

adjective

Definition of full-onnext
as in full-scale

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Recent Examples of full-on Business leaders saw that full-on AI, at least from a purely technical perspective, doesn’t move things forward. — Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 But thousands still had a chance to celebrate at watch parties across the city, including one in Brooklyn where fans turned an early morning bar crowd into a full-on celebration. — Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 19 June 2026 Knox also fielded letters expressing concerns about Charlotte building a new coliseum, including a full-on campaign by members of the First Baptist Church. — Mary Ramsey updated June 22, Charlotte Observer, 22 June 2026 For something a little looser, Le Dalí serves local, seasonal French fare under a surrealist, full-on fever dream of a ceiling by Philippe Starck’s daughter, Ara. — Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for full-on
Recent Examples of Synonyms for full-on
  1. full-scale
  2. full-blown
  3. full-out
  4. full-fledged
  5. full-bore
  6. extensive
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  • Serhii Okunev | Afp | Getty Images Ukrainian drones struck a major oil refinery in the city of Omsk in western Siberia, in what appears to be one of Kyiv's deepest attacks on Russian territory since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 7 July 2026
  • Anxiety in the Russian capital is high following Ukraine’s June 18 drone attack, the largest since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, and the second targeting Moscow’s Kapotnya refinery in less than a week.
    — Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Definition of full-scale
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  • Audiences may think Redford emerged full-blown as a movie star.
    — Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2025
  • The master of suspense made almost 70 films and TV shows across his staggering, more-than-half-a-century-long career, graduating from black-and-white, silent British potboilers to full-blown, Technicolor Hollywood blockbusters.
    — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2025
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  • So, at face value, this deal looks like a full-out win for the Flyers, who are on the verge of solidifying their goaltending long-term with an extension incoming for Dan Vladar on July 1.
    — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • About 90% of the show is full-out dancing.
    — Sara Belcher, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
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  • That’s why there’s been a proliferation of npm packages that wrap 10 lines of code in a full-fledged package.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • The musical is still a work in progress, Bradford and her co-writers and composer hope to eventually turn the play into a full-fledged production in New York City.
    — Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2026
Definition of full-fledged
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  • These eight destinations run the spectrum from full-bore bars to semi-restaurants that also do drinking very well.
    — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 30 June 2026
  • This post cannot go live with full-bore profanity.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2026
Definition of full-bore
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  • Barrett and Jackson each reported the most extensive travel of court justices promoting their books in 2025.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • Just south of the circle, subsequent construction of the Icon Miami complex, though, destroyed extensive additional evidence of Tequesta occupation in the bedrock, including scores of holes likely dug for wooden dwelling support posts.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
Definition of extensive

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