grand total
noun
: a final total reached by adding together other total amounts
They have managed to raise a grand total of $15 million in the past two years.
—often used in a humorous or critical way to refer to a total that is unusually smallA grand total of two people have signed up for the class.
They scored a grand total of three points in the first quarter.
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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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“Grand total.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grand%20total. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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