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
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sold another 2.31 million, taking its grand total to 64.27 million.
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Chris Morris, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2024
Those numbers are large— a grand total of over 270,000 in the nation, across the entire country from California to Texas to Florida to New York.
—Peter Greene, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Rodney Kent Nickerson, 82 Altadena Rodney Kent Nickerson purchased his beloved Altadena home in 1968 for a grand total of $5, his daughter Kimiko Nickerson told KCAL News.
—Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
Pickens had one catch on six targets for a grand total of zero yards.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 5 Jan. 2025
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Chris Morris, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2024
Those numbers are large— a grand total of over 270,000 in the nation, across the entire country from California to Texas to Florida to New York.
—Peter Greene, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Rodney Kent Nickerson, 82 Altadena Rodney Kent Nickerson purchased his beloved Altadena home in 1968 for a grand total of $5, his daughter Kimiko Nickerson told KCAL News.
—Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
Pickens had one catch on six targets for a grand total of zero yards.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 5 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grand total
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During the meeting, Tammy Fredrickson, executive director of business services for the district, said since the beginning of March, a total of 8,463 students are currently enrolled in K-12 compared to 2022-23 which had 8,609 students enrolled.—
Jacqueline Devine,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Over the past 26 years the US has paid a total of $25.4 million dollars for the transit of warships and submarines, equivalent to less than one million dollars per year, according to a Panama Canal Authority release.—
Patrick Oppmann,
CNN,
6 Feb. 2025
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That belief has led companies to pour eye-watering sums into the race for autonomy—Alphabet’s Waymo, for example, has reportedly raised tens of billions.—
Edwin Olson,
Fortune,
4 Feb. 2025
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Imports below that sum are currently able to cross into the United States without customs and duties.—
Christopher Sherman,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Feb. 2025
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On Earth, those in the path of totality will see the moon passing completely into Earth’s shadow, causing the moon to take on a reddish hue.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN,
1 Feb. 2025
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Here are the local times for totality in some key locations on the night side of Earth during the eclipse: Bangkok: 12:30 to 1:52 a.m.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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His incendiary rhymes, which boldly call out the atrocities carried out by the country’s dictatorial regime, have resulted in multiple arrests and extended stretches in prison over the last five years, for a sum total of 753 days.—
SPIN Staff,
SPIN,
9 Jan. 2025
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This offering is even more sprawling than just a castle, however, and includes many outbuildings for its sum total asking less than $1.1 million ($1,057,207 to be exact).—
Annabelle Dufraigne,
Architectural Digest,
28 Sep. 2024
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And here, the whole of these items is far greater than the sum of their parts.—
Bill Speros,
Boston Herald,
29 Jan. 2025
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The true revelation lies in the whole, in the gathering sense that life is full of change and that nothing ever really resolves itself.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
25 Jan. 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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