grand total

noun

Definition of grand totalnext
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 is not a hot take or niche opinion; throughout his career, the man has been nominated for a grand total of 10 Emmys and has won four. — Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 17 Sep. 2026 Rodrigo said that Melinda French Gates has pledged to double every dollar made at the festival, bringing the grand total of funds donated to $20 million. — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for grand total
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grand total
  1. total
  2. sum
  3. totality
  4. sum total
  5. whole
  6. full
Noun
  • His points total broke a longstanding FHSAA state meet record in Saturday’s Class 4A championships meet at the Florida Aquatics Swimming Training (FAST) center in Ocala.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The question, posed during an on-court postgame interview, was when a young player stops measuring his performance by his point total and starts measuring it by the result.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of total
Noun
  • Instead, the club could build its bullpen with a sum-of-its-parts approach.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 11 Nov. 2026
  • That is a huge sum, but still a small fraction of the $4 trillion market capitalization Nvidia has even after its stock decline.
    — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of sum
Noun
  • In Spain, the 12 August band of totality cut across the north of the country; the center line of the shadow passed within 11 kilometers of Pico Trigaza, promising Druckmüller and his colleagues a precious 107 seconds of totality.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Historical cloud cover is exceptionally low, while totality reaches around five and a half minutes near the centerline.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of totality
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Balenciaga—no, the whole of fashion—could definitely benefit from seeing more of that right now.
    — Sarah Mower, Vogue, 6 Nov. 2026
  • To make matters worse, Tacvba’s label expected a new record, and the demos that the band had been taping between tours were far from ready to become a cohesive whole.
    — Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of whole
Noun
  • 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
Definition of full

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