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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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.
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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
After buying two $5,000,000 Fortune scratch-offs for a grand total of $100, the man won a $100,000 prize, according to the lottery.
—Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 18 June 2025
The Global Energy Monitor reports that China has 58 GW of coal announced, 158 GW in permitting, 204 GW under construction, and 1,171 GW operating, for a grand total of 1,591 GW of coal.
—Jude Clemente, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
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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
After buying two $5,000,000 Fortune scratch-offs for a grand total of $100, the man won a $100,000 prize, according to the lottery.
—Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 18 June 2025
The Global Energy Monitor reports that China has 58 GW of coal announced, 158 GW in permitting, 204 GW under construction, and 1,171 GW operating, for a grand total of 1,591 GW of coal.
—Jude Clemente, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
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“Grand total.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grand%20total. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.
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