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Recent Examples of grossing
Broadway‘s Chicago, with Whitney Leavitt starring as Roxie Hart, continued its record-setting box office streak last week, with the musical revival grossing $1,457,931, the highest gross in the show’s 29-year history.
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2026
Topline Movie theaters just had their lowest-grossing summer in three years, as this year’s total barely fell below last summer’s gross as moviegoing cooled in August, despite early analyst expectations that this summer could have been a return to box office glory.
—Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Greg Evans, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2026
Topline Movie theaters just had their lowest-grossing summer in three years, as this year’s total barely fell below last summer’s gross as moviegoing cooled in August, despite early analyst expectations that this summer could have been a return to box office glory.
—Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grossing
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Money market accounts have variable interest rates that will change based on market conditions, making long-term interest-earning projections difficult to complete with precision.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
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The pic bowed at last year’s Toronto Film Festival, earning strong reviews for Greengrass and its star Matthew McConaughey.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
19 Mar. 2026
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The second trip, of course, went disastrously wrong, but less than a year later, Prager, Cochise, and two other crew members made the run for the third time in as many years, this time netting close to 10,000 pounds of product and successfully running it to Florida.—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
17 Mar. 2026
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As a precaution, the highway leading out of Izium to the next town has also been enclosed in a corridor of netting.—
Eleanor Beardsley,
NPR,
17 Mar. 2026
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After not receiving any first-place votes in last week’s poll, the Longhorns received seven first-place votes while garnering 737 total points.—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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The age-old practice of saunas has captured the attention of the wellness zeitgeist, garnering a new generation of followers eager to tap into its benefits.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
9 Mar. 2026
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If the starting guess is poor, the probability of obtaining the correct answer becomes very small.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2026
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Under the second order, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would update the requirements under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act to lessen the regulatory burdens for obtaining a mortgage, among other directives.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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The moment has been so baked into America's cultural cake that Tea Party Republicans parroted the phrase, not realizing that the film is a satire of sheep mentality and the man who authored it (screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky) was a political lefty.—
Devan Coggan,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Mar. 2026
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Being the mom of a teen in the spring means realizing that seemingly overnight, your kids have outgrown their entire wardrobe.—
Chaunie Brusie,
Parents,
14 Mar. 2026
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Liz Breadon, now the City Council president, added at the time that such a mistake could jeopardize an immigrant’s chances of attaining full citizenship.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
18 Mar. 2026
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Oakland’s leaders envision their town attaining similar big-city status.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Among those designated is Amnokgang Technology Development Company, a North Korean IT firm accused of dispatching workers overseas and procuring military and commercial technology through its foreign web.—
Nicole Sganga,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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Epstein had been convicted of procuring an underage girl for prostitution.—
Christine Valora,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Mar. 2026
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Combined with 66 high school recruits signed during the same period, the Aggies have essentially turned over the roster while winning 19 of 26 games.—
Tony Catalina,
Austin American Statesman,
18 Mar. 2026
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Bryce Harper then hit a two-run home run to tie the game, setting up the ninth inning for Venezuela’s dramatic win, when Eugenio Suarez hit what would be a game-winning double to drive in Javier Sanoja for a 3-2 lead.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Grossing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grossing. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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