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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Additionally, Reitman, Kenan and Jay Levine, EVP, Chief Strategy Officer & Business Operations of Sony Pictures presented a $150,000 match donation check on behalf of Sony to Starlight Children’s Foundation, for a grand total of $666,000.
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Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
6 June 2026
Lopez didn’t make a 3-pointer his first six seasons in the league, while Horford made a grand total of three in his first five.
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John Hollinger,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
The three sets of tickets were sold for $120,000, making a grand total of $360,000 for the item.
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Zuri Primos
may 31,
Kansas City Star,
31 May 2026
This is nine playoff wins in a row for Mike Brown’s team, and their only two losses in the playoffs coming by a grand total of two points.
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Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2026
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Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
6 June 2026
Lopez didn’t make a 3-pointer his first six seasons in the league, while Horford made a grand total of three in his first five.
—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
The three sets of tickets were sold for $120,000, making a grand total of $360,000 for the item.
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Zuri Primos
may 31,
Kansas City Star,
31 May 2026
This is nine playoff wins in a row for Mike Brown’s team, and their only two losses in the playoffs coming by a grand total of two points.
—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grand total
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According to the city, the vouchers have a $55 value and they can be renewed five times for a total of six months in the program.
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In total, the proposal calls for 572 condominiums and 949 apartments, with at least 262 units set aside as affordable housing.
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In his apartment officers found black and gray clothing Fleming wore during the robberies as well as a black duffel bag, a gun belt with a holster, a large sum of cash still wrapped in bank currency bands, and multiple guns.
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That whiplash-inducing sum covers multi-day arena rental, top-tier security, and several headline performers.
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Bilbao Bilbao, on the Bay of Biscay at the northern edge of the path, gets a short totality, but has a spectacular elevated spot to watch the eclipse close to the center.
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On August 12, 2026, totality will be visible from remote northern Russia, eastern Greenland, western Iceland, northern Spain and the very northwestern tip of Portugal.
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This ingredient outmasses the full sum total of all normal matter by about a 5-to-1 ratio, clumps and clusters like (slow-moving) matter does, but doesn’t interact with normal matter or light in any measurable way.
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In sum total, almost 14 percent of the total subscriber pool here between HBO Max and Paramount+ already subscribes to both services.
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But together, the whole is blander than the sum of its parts—a subtle banality humans can often implicitly sense.
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But the whole thing is a unified whole.
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To apply with your hands, dispense two dropper fulls, rub the palms of your hands together, and then evenly rub into your face and neck—just don’t forget to wash your hands when you’re done.
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All sizes will be available, including twins from $99, fulls ($149), queens ($199) and kings ($299).
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