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
Their 4-0 loss to the Rays marked their fifth in a row overall, 27th in the last 41 games and, perhaps most jarringly, their 10th straight at home — a streak underscored by their grand total of 12 runs in that span.
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Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2025
Lowes Foods had the most expensive prices, with a grand total of $71.85 for all 10 items.
—Evan Moore
june 13, Charlotte Observer, 13 June 2025
Collecting vast sums of cash-on-loan from some particularly disreputable business associates, Charles opened The Egyptian Tomb Lounge in Reno, Nevada, which operated for a grand total of four months before unceremoniously burning to the ground.
—Hazlitt, 18 June 2025
Per Holliday, that makes for a grand total of 55 radiocarbon results in support of the earlier dates across the three studies.
—ArsTechnica, 18 June 2025
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Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2025
Lowes Foods had the most expensive prices, with a grand total of $71.85 for all 10 items.
—Evan Moore
june 13, Charlotte Observer, 13 June 2025
Collecting vast sums of cash-on-loan from some particularly disreputable business associates, Charles opened The Egyptian Tomb Lounge in Reno, Nevada, which operated for a grand total of four months before unceremoniously burning to the ground.
—Hazlitt, 18 June 2025
Per Holliday, that makes for a grand total of 55 radiocarbon results in support of the earlier dates across the three studies.
—ArsTechnica, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grand total
Noun
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After years of outreach and investment in contracts with cell phone providers, officials have built a database of roughly 1.6 million numbers, covering about 75% of the capital-area population in total.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American Statesman,
25 July 2025
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Florida in particular reported half the cases with 14 in total.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
24 July 2025
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That pay package carried a potential maximum value of about $56 billion, but that sum has fluctuated over the years based on Tesla’s stock price.—
Michelle Chapman,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Aug. 2025
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By December, 1930, numbers bankers were using the pari-mutuel total—the sum wagered on a particular horse—to determine the day’s number.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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This will be a total solar eclipse with an extraordinarily long totality, but only for those in one specific place.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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Taken in their totality — State Farm’s sudden, massive rate hike, the lack of transparency and the ongoing lobbying to avoid scrutiny — these events lead us to believe that State Farm may not be basing its rates on the actual data here in Illinois.—
JB Pritzker,
Chicago Tribune,
30 July 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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Women, on the whole, still earn 82 cents on the dollar (a gap that widens for women of color) here in the United States.—
Randi Braun,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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That Lewis and Lamb Chop (and Hush Puppy and Charlie Horse) were part of one, greater whole is a given.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
17 July 2025
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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.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
2 June 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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“Grand total.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grand%20total. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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