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Recent Examples of grosses
Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 20 Jan. 2026
Noun
Overall, industry grosses stayed fairly steady from the prior week, with total gross up just 1 percent and attendance fairly flat.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 20 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grosses
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By extending his career, Rodgers will continue to add to career totals that rank him among the most prolific quarterbacks in NFL history.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
17 May 2026
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Rain totals in those areas could range from one-half inch to more than an inch.—
Callie Zanandrie,
CBS News,
16 May 2026
Verb
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With generous grounds and a residence built for gathering, this Southern Highlands estate invites the full cast of grandparents, cousins, friends, and whoever else earns a place at the weekend table.—
Natalie Hoberman,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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Their new joke earns a bigger laugh than Al’s.—
Caroline Framke,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
Noun
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When subjected to stress, the sponge-like matrix allows the material to deform predictably and absorb vast amounts of kinetic energy rather than snap.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
19 May 2026
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Those amounts translate to roughly a half-cup to one cup of cooked beans, peas, or lentils.—
Stephanie Anderson Witmer,
Health,
19 May 2026
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Californians deserve an insurance commissioner dedicated to making insurance affordable and available for all Californians, not to increasing profits for this $1 trillion industry.—
Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards,
Mercury News,
15 May 2026
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Soaring profits meant higher compensation for bankers, of course.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 May 2026
Verb
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Each show nets the Cyclones about $1 million.—
Matt Baker,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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The Korea Times noted that under the Capital Market Act, any person who nets KRW5 billion or more by making false representations about a financial product faces a prison term of at minimum five years, with a life sentence possible at the upper end.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Council members voted unanimously Wednesday to place on the November ballot an initiative to eliminate the city’s business gross receipts tax.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
14 May 2026
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The records show that more than half the purchase were not validated by receipts.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
14 May 2026
Verb
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What few efforts do exist to address alcohol’s harms have been overshadowed by the opioid crisis, a parallel drug epidemic that attracts more funding, spurs more policy change, and garners more media attention despite being vastly less deadly.—
Lev Facher,
STAT,
12 May 2026
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Unless one candidate garners more than 50% of votes in the June 2 primary to outright win the seat, the top two vote-getters will move on to the November general election ballot.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
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However, an artist’s innate defiance reaps the best art.—
Heide Janssen,
Oc Register,
19 Apr. 2026
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The mower does the work, and your lawn reaps the benefits.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Grosses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grosses. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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