as in total
a complete amount of something
The grand total of the proceeds from the fund-raiser was over $100,000.
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Recent Examples of grand total
This season, just a single player standing less than 6 feet saw the court—the Memphis Grizzlies’ Yuki Kawamura for a grand total of 83 minutes.
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Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 6 June 2025
Anthony, 21, has played 31 games, including 29 starts, in right in his MiLB career, a grand total of 258.2 innings.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 9 June 2025
Congratulations to our lucky jackpot winner Riley from Hawaii who is playing for 10 minutes landing the free spins on our slot machine regal link winning a grand total of $19,095!
—Helena Wegner, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2025
Playoff appearances this postseason with the Indiana Pacers for Thomas Bryant, who had a grand total of 10 regular-season appearances for the Heat this season before he was discarded Dec. 15 as the team’s fourth-string center.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 24 May 2025
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Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 6 June 2025
Anthony, 21, has played 31 games, including 29 starts, in right in his MiLB career, a grand total of 258.2 innings.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 9 June 2025
Congratulations to our lucky jackpot winner Riley from Hawaii who is playing for 10 minutes landing the free spins on our slot machine regal link winning a grand total of $19,095!
—Helena Wegner, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2025
Playoff appearances this postseason with the Indiana Pacers for Thomas Bryant, who had a grand total of 10 regular-season appearances for the Heat this season before he was discarded Dec. 15 as the team’s fourth-string center.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 24 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grand total
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If the state approves the expansion, East Windsor would end up with a total of more than 1,100 acres consumed for solar energy.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
30 June 2025
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Under the agreement, Home Depot's subsidiary SRS Distribution will buy all of GMS' stock for $110 per share for a total of $4.3 billion.—
Natasha Abellard,
CNBC,
30 June 2025
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In arithmetic progressions, there are many groups of numbers that have the same sum.—
Leila Sloman,
Wired News,
29 June 2025
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Their professions range from sales representatives to community coaches, and Auckland’s winnings of roughly €4 million ($4.5 million) from the Club World Cup—peanuts to elite clubs—is a fortune for an entity and federation not used to dealing in such sums.—
Henry Flynn,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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That's within a few seconds of the maximum totality possible in the path of totality in Iceland, which encompasses the Westfjords, Snæfellsnes and the Reykjanes Peninsula, home to the country's capital, Reykjavík.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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That will be a scientific bonanza since full solar eclipses produce just a few minutes of totality when the moon lines up perfectly between Earth and the sun — on average just once every 18 months.—
Marcia Dunn,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2025
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The report did not provide details on when, where and how funds were spent, only sum totals for each district.—
Tammy Murga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2025
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The two used threatening notes to rob a Bank of America and an East West Bank in San Francisco on Nov. 19, 2022, netting a sum total of $2,600.—
Nate Gartrell,
The Mercury News,
13 Mar. 2025
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Yet on the whole, the economic and market turbulences of April and May have quickly subsided and set the stage for a strong summer and fall.—
Robert Frank,
CNBC,
20 June 2025
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As for your everyday wear, Hawaiian style on the whole is fairly casual.—
Abby Morgan Lebet,
Glamour,
20 June 2025
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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
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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 8 Jul. 2025.
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