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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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For the first time in more than a decade, cumulative points totals will determine the 16-driver Chase field that will compete for the title, and the driver who scores the most points in the final 10 races will be crowned champion.—
Nate Ryan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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The staggering totals are turning heads online and across the sports world.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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Carmona brings tenacity, experience and the kind of calm, functional play style that earns camp opportunities.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Apr. 2026
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The winner of this matchup earns the seventh playoff seed.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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The vehicle modification that allowed the suspects to allegedly steal and transport large amounts of diesel fuel.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Soon after, Microsoft and OpenAI investigated whether the Chinese startup had improperly exfiltrated large amounts of data from the US firm’s models to create R1, Bloomberg previously reported.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2026
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In one of their more ambitious demands, the union is asking FIFA to spend some of its billions of profits from the World Cup to help fund housing in the area.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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China’s industrial firms saw their profits jump sharply in the first two months this year, thanks to Beijing’s push to curb overcapacity and bruising price wars sweeping across sectors.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
10 Apr. 2026
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Bridgeport comeback nets 1st title Bridgeport’s Jared Contreras recorded a hat trick and the Bulls scored three times in overtime to down Brookshire Royal 5-2 in the boys Class 4A Division II championship game on Thursday.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Apr. 2026
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In Georgia, a motorist’s first distracted driving offense nets a $50 fine and one penalty point on their driving record.—
Doug Turnbull,
AJC.com,
5 Apr. 2026
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Review subscriptions and tidy receipts, then update prices or boundaries, because clear values help your compassionate nature avoid overgiving.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Rising Medicaid and fringe benefit costs and smaller-than-anticipated corporation tax receipts led Comptroller Sean Scanlon last week to project a $6 million operating deficit for this fiscal year.—
Laura Tillman,
Hartford Courant,
9 Apr. 2026
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The cool-girl pair garners plenty of praise, and the kicker?—
Kyra Surgent,
InStyle,
7 Feb. 2026
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That doesn’t factor in the attention Cade Cunningham garners from defenders, which should generate open looks for Huerter.—
Hunter Patterson,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 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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Perhaps some enterprising Democrat or Republican will come along who exhibits more faith in our constitutional system, governs with the foresight that there are more elections to come than just the next one — and reaps the benefits.—
David M. Drucker,
Twin Cities,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Grosses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grosses. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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