GRAND TOTAL Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

grand total

noun

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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 According to the latest available rail passenger statistics, a grand total of 76 people have alighted or boarded at Shippea Hill in the previous 12 months. — Rob Crossan, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 July 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 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 See All Example Sentences for grand total

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Bertha is expected to produce total rainfall amounts of 1 to 4 inches with isolated higher totals to 6 inches through Thursday along the central Gulf Coast from western Florida through southern Louisiana.

— MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
Counting signatures on a separate support letter written by non-STEM faculty, a total of about 3,300 professors are calling for a reinstatement of standardized testing.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026

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Hard to follow the money No one knows the exact scale of cartel donations to Mexican political campaigns, but even former electoral officials acknowledge the sums are significant.

— Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Estimated for 2026, there is $821 billion in leases and expenses that haven’t started yet, so the sums don’t appear in their balance sheets.

— Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026

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The path of totality — the moon’s dark shadow — will cross eastern Greenland, western Iceland and northern Spain, from where the sun’s corona will become visible, if skies are clear, for up to 2 minutes 18 seconds.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Iceland has fewer lodging hubs within the path of totality, which crosses Reykjavik, the Reykjanes Peninsula, Snæfellsnes, and part of the Westfjords.

— Stefanie Waldek, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 July 2026

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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

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Founder-CEOs continuously integrate technology, customer needs, finance, operations, leadership, partnerships, and strategy into a coherent whole.

— Dileep Rao, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Despite concern about the outbreak, fast casual and quick service restaurantsas a whole have held up.

— Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 20 July 2026

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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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