in the aggregate

phrase

: considered as a whole : collectively

Dividends for the year amounted in the aggregate to 25 million dollars.

Examples of in the aggregate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Replacing Brown’s production in the aggregate makes sense on paper. — Zach Berman, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Corporate sustainability commitments are often accurate in the aggregate but don't relate back to a single project. — Christine Wetzler, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Corporate retreat from demographic disclosure The EEOC is prohibited from publicly releasing an individual company’s EEO-1 form, only publishing the information in the aggregate. — Alexandra Olson, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026

And the beauty of this country is that every person has the power—small in isolation but much greater in the aggregate—to make change. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1777, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for in the aggregate

• borosilicate
• decontaminate
• deoxycholate
• deteriorate
• differentiate
• diisocyanate
• dinoflagellate
• excommunicate
• incapacitate
• insubordinate
• intercorporate
• interpenetrate