as in total
a complete amount of something
The grand total of the proceeds from the fund-raiser was over $100,000.
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Recent Examples of grand total
The prolific songwriter has been nominated a grand total of 16 times and in ten of the last eleven years.
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Vulture Staff, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
In Tuesday's update, DOGE's new grand total is $65 billion saved.
—Stephen Fowler, NPR, 1 Mar. 2025
The legendary director, writer and artist was nominated four times and won a grand total of zero competitive Oscars.
—Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
Mello stopped a grand total of 5 penalty kicks in the state semifinals and final.
—Robert Clark, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2025
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Vulture Staff, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
In Tuesday's update, DOGE's new grand total is $65 billion saved.
—Stephen Fowler, NPR, 1 Mar. 2025
The legendary director, writer and artist was nominated four times and won a grand total of zero competitive Oscars.
—Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
Mello stopped a grand total of 5 penalty kicks in the state semifinals and final.
—Robert Clark, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grand total
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Half of states in the US are now reporting measles cases, with the national total surpassing 800 cases so far this year, according to a CNN tally.—
Neha Mukherjee,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025
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New members who join the program in May will be automatically entered to win, and a total of 12 winners will be selected at random, the chain said in a news release.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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And then squared off the trade a week later, bagging a massive sum.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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This significant dip would shrink the worldwide goods trade by 1.7 percentage points, turning the total sum negative.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
16 Apr. 2025
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The remarkable images — taken from Quebec, Canada, during the March 29, 2025, partial solar eclipse — reveal the sun's outer atmosphere — a feature typically visible only during the brief moments of totality during a total solar eclipse.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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For endurance specifically, looking at the totality of evidence, Jones figures there’s a real effect.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside Online,
19 Apr. 2025
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The report did not provide details on when, where and how funds were spent, only sum totals for each district.—
Tammy Murga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2025
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The two used threatening notes to rob a Bank of America and an East West Bank in San Francisco on Nov. 19, 2022, netting a sum total of $2,600.—
Nate Gartrell,
The Mercury News,
13 Mar. 2025
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The announcement of a ceasefire by various actors in the country is a sign of hope for the whole of Myanmar.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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While wind energy projects have faced fierce opposition in several counties — anti-wind advocates often rely on misinformation to argue that turbines harm wildlife and threaten human health — the industry is popular on the whole.—
Benji Jones,
Vox,
22 Apr. 2025
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All sizes will be available, including twins from $99, fulls ($149), queens ($199) and kings ($299).—
Don Maines,
Houston Chronicle,
27 Feb. 2020
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When in their feeding grounds, a gray whale typically eats about 1.3 tons of food — mouth-fulls of crustaceans, worms, shrimp and small, schooling fish — per day, according to researchers.—
Anchorage Daily News,
Anchorage Daily News,
25 Jan. 2020
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