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grossed

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past tense of gross

as in netted

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Recent Examples of grossed The film that reignited the parody genre after a stagnant decade-plus, Scary Movie grossed $278 million worldwide and launched a new era of gross-chasing for Dimension Films. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025

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Now, through their developmental improvements, their aggressive approach to minor-league free agency, their process in the draft and a trade deadline that netted bulk talent across several deals, the Nationals believe that gap has narrowed.

— Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
The trade forced the UK to abandon its efforts to prop up the currency – and netted Soros more than a billion dollars.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026

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No one is questioning that Davion Mitchell has earned and is capable of holding a spot in the Heat’s rotation.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
After attending Bucharest’s Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography, she was accepted into NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, then later earned a master’s degree from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

— Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 6 Sep. 2026

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The company’s experts realized that, if the tapestry could not be rotated and stored, perhaps it could be stored and then rotated.

— John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
But another frontier remains to be realized, one in which MU ascends from this fine plateau to make good on the sort of top-tier promise implied by the school’s now-enormous commitment to football.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026

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As someone who still brings up how James Hinchcliffe and Sharna Burgess should’ve won season 23 in casual conversation, I am so pumped Sharna is back in the ballroom after four years.

— Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026
Laleh Marzban, who won Best Actress in Venice Film Festival’s Orizzonti sidebar, has become the subject of a harsh smear campaign by Islamic Republic state media over comments in her acceptance speech dedicating the prize to the women of Iran.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026

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Brian Hickerson, Panettiere's on-again, off-again boyfriend, and his brother Zach Hickerson were present at the scene of her death, according to a police report previously obtained by ABC News.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
Thakur obtained a restraining order in May, according to the sheriff’s office.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of obtained

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After 2022, this heroic depiction of Russia acquired a much more openly militaristic tenor.

— MICHAEL KIMMAGE, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026
The Clippers acquired Gallinari, then 28, from the Denver Nuggets in a three-team trade in the summer of 2017 and subsequently handed him a three-year, $65 million extension.

— Mike Prada, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of acquired

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His gravity drew desperate defenders trying to close down his space, setting up Sporting KC’s third goal.

— Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026
Still, the suggestion that fashion removes sheep wool from its supply chain drew a breath of exasperation from some fashion insiders, and confusion from others.

— Bella Webb, Vogue, 16 Sep. 2026

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