grand total

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Recent Examples of grand total That’d bring a grand total of $254 million, or €223 million, which is significant in the soccer market. Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 The United States has won a grand total of one knockout round game in its history at the world’s biggest sporting showcase – and it’s been 24 years since that happened. Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 25 June 2026 These creative calculations suggest a grand total of about 20 million species of insects, many of them with behaviors and physical adaptations and remarkable lives scientists today can only dream of discovering. Elizabeth Anne Brown, Scientific American, 1 July 2026 Additionally, Reitman, Kenan and Jay Levine, EVP, Chief Strategy Officer & Business Operations of Sony Pictures presented a $150,000 match donation check on behalf of Sony to Starlight Children’s Foundation, for a grand total of $666,000. Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for grand total
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Noun
  • The total does not include other deaths blamed on the heat since late June.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 8 July 2026
  • The governor took in a total of $471,104 – all in outside contributions – in June compared to a combined total of $350,288 between Minogue and Shortsleeve.
    Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 7 July 2026
Noun
  • In his apartment officers found black and gray clothing Fleming wore during the robberies as well as a black duffel bag, a gun belt with a holster, a large sum of cash still wrapped in bank currency bands, and multiple guns.
    Mary Ella Hastings July 3, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 July 2026
  • That whiplash-inducing sum covers multi-day arena rental, top-tier security, and several headline performers.
    Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2026
Noun
  • Bilbao Bilbao, on the Bay of Biscay at the northern edge of the path, gets a short totality, but has a spectacular elevated spot to watch the eclipse close to the center.
    Jamie Carter, Space.com, 5 July 2026
  • On August 12, 2026, totality will be visible from remote northern Russia, eastern Greenland, western Iceland, northern Spain and the very northwestern tip of Portugal.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Noun
  • This ingredient outmasses the full sum total of all normal matter by about a 5-to-1 ratio, clumps and clusters like (slow-moving) matter does, but doesn’t interact with normal matter or light in any measurable way.
    Big Think, Big Think, 21 Apr. 2026
  • In sum total, almost 14 percent of the total subscriber pool here between HBO Max and Paramount+ already subscribes to both services.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 2 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Copyright infringement occurs when the whole or a substantial part of a work protected by copyright — such as a photograph, illustration or novel — is reproduced without the author’s permission.
    Zoey Forbes, The Dial, 7 July 2026
  • Tax efficiency leaks in the gaps between advisors, each managing their corner without seeing the whole.
    Anatoly Iofe, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • To apply with your hands, dispense two dropper fulls, rub the palms of your hands together, and then evenly rub into your face and neck—just don’t forget to wash your hands when you’re done.
    Jenny Berg, Vogue, 2 June 2025
  • All sizes will be available, including twins from $99, fulls ($149), queens ($199) and kings ($299).
    Don Maines, Houston Chronicle, 27 Feb. 2020

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“Grand total.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grand%20total. Accessed 9 Jul. 2026.

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