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
Back then, there were a grand total of four channels on TV.
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Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez, Charlotte Observer, 3 Mar. 2026
Their five most important players will enter this postseason with a grand total of one career playoff series between them.
—Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Feb. 2026
The Dodgers will pay the tour guides a grand total of about $650,000 in 2026 — $170,000 of that reflecting the raise of about $3,000 per person.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
He was thrown six passes, caught four of them and had a grand total of 39 yards.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
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Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez, Charlotte Observer, 3 Mar. 2026
Their five most important players will enter this postseason with a grand total of one career playoff series between them.
—Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Feb. 2026
The Dodgers will pay the tour guides a grand total of about $650,000 in 2026 — $170,000 of that reflecting the raise of about $3,000 per person.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
He was thrown six passes, caught four of them and had a grand total of 39 yards.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
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But on Monday, the team waived Jaden Ivey — who had spent a total of only 115 minutes on a basketball court in a Bulls jersey — after the guard went on a series of religious rants on his social media, including a bigoted diatribe against the NBA’s practice of hosting LGBTQ+ pride nights.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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Depending on the source, Jews represented 5% to 8% of the total, even though Jews made up less than 1% of Argentina’s population at the time.—
Juan Melamed,
Sun Sentinel,
31 Mar. 2026
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Lilly’s medicine will cost as much as $349 out of pocket for the highest doses, still a hefty monthly sum for a medicine designed to be taken long-term.—
Meg Tirrell,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2026
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OpenAI closed its latest funding round at an $852 billion valuation; the record-breaking sum represents moves before a potential IPO, but also the incredible size of private markets.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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But the totality of the cap hits between this year and next year would’ve been the same.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Mar. 2026
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Emotions rose as the fleeting phase of totality continued to ebb away with the moon lost from sight behind a veil of clouds.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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In sum total, almost 14 percent of the total subscriber pool here between HBO Max and Paramount+ already subscribes to both services.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Mar. 2026
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Same could be said for playing Yordan in LF vs sum total likelihood of him getting injured there.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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Bo Bichette didn't have a great first weekend in a New York Mets uniform, going 1-for-14 on the whole and failing to come through with runners in scoring position twice during the late innings of Sunday's series finale, which wound up becoming the Mets' first loss of the season.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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Reimagining the building in whole or in part as a residence is a thrilling idea (and Francis Ford Coppola did it most recently, in his bizarre and wildly ambitious film Megalopolis), but the economics of conversion will be trickier than for the Flatiron.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
27 Mar. 2026
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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 3 Apr. 2026.
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