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Recent Examples of grosses
Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 20 Jan. 2026
Noun
Overall, industry grosses stayed fairly steady from the prior week, with total gross up just 1 percent and attendance fairly flat.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 20 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grosses
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The National Weather Service said rain totals were expected to remain under one-quarter of an inch throughout the region, although communities were still expected to receive at least light showers.—
Austin Turner,
CBS News,
25 Apr. 2026
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While averages are mathematically calculated, the rainfall totals run from near zero to up to 20 or more inches a year.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Everything here earns its spot in my suitcase and helps avoid that last-minute reshuffle at the gate or worse, an unexpected overweight baggage fee.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Apr. 2026
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The sport adaptive air suspension earns its keep here.—
Chris Jackson,
Denver Post,
24 Apr. 2026
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Rainfall amounts don't look extremely impressive, but anything will help at this point.—
Steven Sosna,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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In the 2018 and 2022 transactions, the deals were financed by heavy amounts of debt that inevitably wound up putting pressure on the company.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2026
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But land developers and speculators reap huge profits, the state and local governments gleefully do their bidding.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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Isaacman is well suited for leading the space agency during the rise of the commercial space industry, with its large potential profits and much lower launch costs because of reusable rockets.—
Thomas Black,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
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The Korea Times noted that under the Capital Market Act, any person who nets KRW5 billion or more by making false representations about a financial product faces a prison term of at minimum five years, with a life sentence possible at the upper end.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2026
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After the premium increase is factored in, the average retiree nets roughly $38 more per month.—
Allison Palmer,
Sacbee.com,
15 Apr. 2026
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Freddy Escobar, a former president of the firefighters union who was suspended by the union’s parent organization over allegations of missing receipts, said that the family culture at fire stations fosters an open-door environment.—
Alene Tchekmedyian,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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But those receipts have been at least somewhat minimized by the lavish tax breaks local governments have granted to data center developers.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
21 Apr. 2026
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If no one candidate garners more that 50% of the vote, as occurred in Bass’s battle with developer Rick Caruso in 2022, then the election goes to a runoff on November 3 – the same day as the nationwide midterms.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
21 Apr. 2026
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By all appearances, the title had all the makings of a hit doc, the kind of movie that garners serious buzz by word-of-mouth.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Apr. 2026
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However, an artist’s innate defiance reaps the best art.—
Heide Janssen,
Oc Register,
19 Apr. 2026
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The mower does the work, and your lawn reaps the benefits.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Grosses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grosses. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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