GRAND TOTAL Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

grand total

noun

Definition of grand total

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 After Ann Sather opens in the former Stella’s space, the grand total of Ann Sather restaurants will be four, at least until the end of the year. — Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026 Barkley hadn’t always been saddled by lackluster Knicks games; in 2010-11, New York was afforded a grand total of zero national TV dates. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 July 2026 So far, Meyer’s made a grand total of $700 (about $500 USD) and counting. — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 25 July 2026 The lottery player used a multiplier to triple their winnings, bringing the grand total to $30,000. — Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 23 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for grand total

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In total, the UK spent £145 billion on benefits for working-age people and children – including incapacity and disability benefits (£77 billion); housing benefit (£37 billion); and child benefit (£13 billion).

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 4 Oct. 2026
In total, authorities took six individuals into custody and later released them on bail during the investigation.

— Azhar Sukri,Terri Cullen, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of total

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Tinubu’s then-employers at Mobil Oil told investigators his treasurer role did not involve moving large sums and that the company never authorized him to hold its funds personally.

— Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Some economists believe the vast sums of money being borrowed by private AI companies could pile additional pressure on government bond yields.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of sum

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Gullar had in mind something that would escape the boundary between object and context and manifest its participation in a totality of relationships—or encounters, as Lee would phrase it.

— Barry Schwabsky, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
The totality of the thing is exhausting, yet as is common in durational experiences of art, meaning and unexpected contradictions emerged.

— Emily Witt, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of totality

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That is not to overstate what those four produced with the Heat, with a sum total of zero playoff-game victories over the past two seasons, only one over the past three.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2026
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

Definition of sum total

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The mark is not a single mark at all but an accumulation of marks that coheres into a whole by theatrically—even illusionistically—representing itself as a single brushstroke.

— Barry Schwabsky, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
On a political level, Shelley’s monster pandemic served as a warning of what horrifying fates might await the whole of humanity if conflict and irresponsibility were left unchecked worldwide.

— Eileen Hunt, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of whole

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In just its first two days, the feature-length doc racked up 9 million views, the streamer reported on Tuesday, second only to Millie Bobby Brown threequel Enola Holmes 3 (12 million views over the fulls even days).

— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026
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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