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

2 of 2

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
  • Since getting its first Outstanding Limited Series nomination for Godless in 2018, Netflix has been nominated 15 times in that category, well ahead of the totals for HBO (nine), FX (seven), and Hulu (four) in that same time period.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 17 July 2026
  • In the North Bay, Sonoma County gained 200 jobs, Napa County’s job totals were unchanged, Marin County shed 100 positions, and Solano County lost 200, the EDD reported.
    — George Avalos, Mercury News, 17 July 2026
Definition of totals
Noun
  • Its rebound comes after the stock suffered its biggest-ever one-day decline on Monday, as investors locked in profits amid growing worries over AI spending.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 15 July 2026
  • Much of it was from broadcast deals, brand sponsorships and match profits.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
Definition of profits
Verb
  • In addition, England earns a larger share of the tournament prize money — $2 million more — with the third-place team taking home $29 million and the fourth-place team getting $27 million.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026
  • Recommendation capital is the cumulative trust a company earns when customers, employees, partners and communities voluntarily advocate on its behalf.
    — Janita Pannu, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of earns
Noun
  • The idea is to learn the structure that matters for prediction and planning without spending huge amounts of compute modeling irrelevant visual detail.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026
  • Huang said the Bangkok fire may resemble the fire in Switzerland, noting that such venues tend to have large amounts of flammable soundproofing materials and overcrowded conditions which contribute to the high number of casualties.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
Definition of amounts
Noun
  • Among them are efforts to impose a 50% tax on a private detention operator’s gross receipts from ICE and a requirement for local agencies to release records of 911 calls from private detention facilities.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
  • In other words, if $12 billion in property tax receipts are taken away, cities and towns will need big replacement revenue from some other tax increase.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2026
Definition of receipts
Verb
  • Ismaïla Sarr nets a goal in the 56th minute.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 27 June 2026
  • But a trade that nets them another teenage stud at the expense of Knies might well hurt those efforts with Matthews and maybe even spur his eventual exit.
    — Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 25 June 2026
Definition of nets
Noun
  • State mandates call for the coastal city to build 316 units for people with very low incomes — under roughly $88,000 a year for a family of four.
    — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026
  • The law primarily applies to rural and small towns along with affluent suburbs and is intended to boost the supply of housing available to people with below-average incomes.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2026
Definition of incomes
Verb
  • The idea garners rare bipartisan interest, potentially providing AI companies legitimacy and addressing public anxiety about the technology's future impact.
    — James Broughel, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • As Wembanyama garners worldwide attention, arriving right at Tatum and Silver’s New York doorstep in a moment that could change the sport, the NBA’s desire to expand hastens.
    — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 5 June 2026
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