as in total
a complete amount of something
numerous episodes of pilferage, taken in the aggregate, can really add up to a significant sum
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as in to number
to have a total of
over time, her petty thefts aggregated a significant shortfall in the company's books
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as in collective
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Recent Examples of aggregate
Sean Illing, Vox, 1 Feb. 2025
What’s interesting about them in the aggregate is their glorification of ordinary law enforcement — the agent who’s retired but pulled in for one last mission, the soldier with a spotty past, the cop who’s estranged from his family but wants to save them.
—Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2025
Supporters of the crackdown have also taken to social media to try to undermine the raid warnings, contributing false sightings to the people trying to aggregate data and generally causing havoc to try to disrupt the efforts.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 12 Feb. 2025
In a traditional two-game aggregate series, the away goal Aaron Long scored in the 86th minute at DSGP could prove fatal for the Rapids in this competition.
—Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 19 Feb. 2025
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Noun
The other thing that’s weird about it is that labor in the aggregate is necessary for all of industrial capitalism.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 1 Feb. 2025
What’s interesting about them in the aggregate is their glorification of ordinary law enforcement — the agent who’s retired but pulled in for one last mission, the soldier with a spotty past, the cop who’s estranged from his family but wants to save them.
—Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
Even this summer, the Suns could trade only three players for Butler — Devin Booker, Bradley Beal or Kevin Durant — because teams over the second apron cannot aggregate salaries.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2025
Supporters of the crackdown have also taken to social media to try to undermine the raid warnings, contributing false sightings to the people trying to aggregate data and generally causing havoc to try to disrupt the efforts.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
The segment closed approximately 17,300 loans with an aggregate principal amount of $6.3 billion.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 12 Feb. 2025
In a traditional two-game aggregate series, the away goal Aaron Long scored in the 86th minute at DSGP could prove fatal for the Rapids in this competition.
—Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aggregate
Noun
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The company had offered 17.06 million shares in its IPO, raising a total of HK$3.45 billion.—
Lee Ying Shan,Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2025
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The state fire marshal said that there were more than than 175 wildfires in the state burning a total of 4,200 acres, according to the governor’s office.—
Amy Graff,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The whales, mostly spotted off Washington and British Columbia, Canada, are an endangered population, numbered at 73, officials said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacramento Bee,
5 Mar. 2025
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In Biden’s first address in 2021 the average audience numbered 26.9 million.—
Brad Adgate,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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On a collective basis, there are other shifts to monitor.—
Henry Flynn,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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Obligations 2 from that series has circulated heavily on Instagram and Reddit threads, in response to the pandemic and other moments of collective mourning.—
Melissa Ragain,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Or in sum, uncivilized peoples of uncivilized spaces.—
Christine Winter,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2025
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These superfans have always commanded a disproportionate sum of influence.—
Bing Chen,
TIME,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Williams, a 6-6 junior forward from Sacramento who averages 14.9 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.9 assists, was unavailable for the Houston game because of his own lower body injury.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
28 Feb. 2025
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Just know, there’s only eight centers this year averaging at least 17 points per 36 minutes on 62% true shooting or higher – and Zubac is one of them.—
Shane Young,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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How the moon will appear during totality is not known.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
9 Mar. 2025
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The moon takes on a hue of which color during totality, inspiring the eclipse’s name?—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Aggregate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aggregate. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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