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grosses 1 of 2

noun

plural of gross
1
as in totals

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2
as in revenues

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grosses

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verb

present tense third-person singular of gross
as in earns

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Recent Examples of grosses
Noun
Among the notable grosses in the final week of the season, Every Brilliant Thing reported a gross of $2,296,473 as star Daniel Radcliffe played his final performances. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 27 May 2026 On the other hand, Beaches fell to 44 percent capacity at the Majestic Theatre, its lowest level yet, with grosses falling to $441,484 (its lowest gross for an eight-show week). — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grosses
  1. totals
  2. profits
  3. earns
  4. amounts
  5. receipts
  6. nets
  7. incomes
  8. garners
Noun
  • Miguel Rojas, at age 37, has his lowest home run and RBI totals in nine years.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Other high totals belong to Dag Juhlin of the band Poi Dog Pondering, and the Mekons.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of totals
Noun
  • In the meantime, farmers do their best to beef up security – hyperaware that all someone needs to do is cut off a branch from their trees for it to be smuggled away, draining their profits from some distant orchard in another country.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Using profits from the sale of the Van Dyke, Soyka, converted redesigned a four-block industrial section tucked off Biscayne Boulevard to include his signature Soyka restaurant and Andiamo Brick Oven Pizza across the street.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of profits
Verb
  • Airport lounges and planes can be aggressively over-air-conditioned, so a good midweight layer earns its space quickly.
    — Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Take that all together, and the 2026 Asus ProArt P16 earns an Editors' Choice award for high-end content creation laptops.
    — Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of earns
Noun
  • The companies are targeting data centers, industrial facilities and other users that require large amounts of reliable power.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The immense gravitational influence of these black holes generates incredible amounts of friction in the accretion disk, causing the objects to glow brightly as AGNs.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of amounts
Noun
  • Officials frequently approved reimbursement after travel had already happened, and failed to require consultants to provide documentation like receipts, violating contract rules around wasteful spending.
    — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Pioneers who created the tech weigh in SK Hynix, which listed its American depository receipts on the Nasdaq in July, has been a big beneficiary of the AI boom.
    — Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of receipts
Verb
  • That nets you the filtration device, two hoses, five pre-filter heads, and one internal filter cartridge.
    — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Violation nets no penalties Two weeks before approving a 30% rate increase in May 2023, the Arizona Department of Child Safety issued a licensing violation against Sunshine over Blodgett’s case.
    — Jacques Billeaud, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of nets
Noun
  • The state’s housing shortage reaches all ages and incomes — from low-income workers and recent college graduates looking for an apartment to elderly widows looking to sell longtime homes as local property taxes increase.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026
  • As the cost of living rises and household budgets tighten, Chileans are looking for ways to stretch their incomes by cutting spending on key areas, including food.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of incomes
Verb
  • All the while, #witchtok garners millions of posts, and there’s no shortage of flash sales for love spells – or curses.
    — Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Cook followed in Jobs' footsteps, taking the stage for every major Apple product launch, which garners headlines and millions of viewers around the world.
    — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of garners

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“Grosses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grosses. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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