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
Otherwise, the combination of Marshall, Wade, Armour-Davis, Williams and Kelly have played in a grand total of 37 games with the Ravens, and all but three of them were from Armour-Davis or Williams.
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Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Tamie confirmed that the grand total raised for Betty stands at $328,739.18 so far — a staggering amount that will allow Betty to finally consider retiring after decades of hard work.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
This brings Saturn’s grand total to 274 moons.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 Mar. 2025
The prolific songwriter has been nominated a grand total of 16 times and in ten of the last eleven years.
—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
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Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Tamie confirmed that the grand total raised for Betty stands at $328,739.18 so far — a staggering amount that will allow Betty to finally consider retiring after decades of hard work.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
This brings Saturn’s grand total to 274 moons.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 Mar. 2025
The prolific songwriter has been nominated a grand total of 16 times and in ten of the last eleven years.
—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grand total
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Raleigh is this summer's cheapest destination for a total of $1,036, followed closely by Jacksonville, Florida, at $1,044.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
13 May 2025
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Additionally, Queen Bey has now played more shows at SoFi Stadium than any other artist in the venue’s history, with a total of eight, counting 2023’s RENAISSANCE tour.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
13 May 2025
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The money is coming from aging baby boomers and members of the silent generation, who have amassed a staggering sum in home equity, investments and other assets over the years.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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But Golden Dome may ultimately cost much more than Trump’s staggering $175-billion sum.—
Lee Billings,
Scientific American,
21 May 2025
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March 2025 marked the brand’s best month compared to the totality of 2024.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
26 Mar. 2025
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The Fed is going to wait and see how the totality of Trump’s policies impact the economy before adjusting interest rates.—
Rohit Arora,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 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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Peter Senge describes systems thinking as the ability to view an organization as a dynamic and interconnected whole.—
Balmukund Shukla,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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Road trips for me had always been about making a whole of the places that lay between two points, of filling in the gaps.—
Andrew Moore,
New York Times,
15 May 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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When in their feeding grounds, a gray whale typically eats about 1.3 tons of food — mouth-fulls of crustaceans, worms, shrimp and small, schooling fish — per day, according to researchers.—
Anchorage Daily News,
Anchorage Daily News,
25 Jan. 2020
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