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Recent Examples of grossing
Broadway‘s Chicago, with Whitney Leavitt starring as Roxie Hart, continued its record-setting box office streak last week, with the musical revival grossing $1,457,931, the highest gross in the show’s 29-year history.
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2026
Topline Movie theaters just had their lowest-grossing summer in three years, as this year’s total barely fell below last summer’s gross as moviegoing cooled in August, despite early analyst expectations that this summer could have been a return to box office glory.
—Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Greg Evans, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2026
Topline Movie theaters just had their lowest-grossing summer in three years, as this year’s total barely fell below last summer’s gross as moviegoing cooled in August, despite early analyst expectations that this summer could have been a return to box office glory.
—Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grossing
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In his first full pro season in ’25, the southpaw dominated High-A before earning a promotion to Hartford.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
26 Mar. 2026
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The film was a critical and commercial smash, earning more than $100 million at the box office and scoring seven Oscars including best picture.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2026
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In the Sumy region, where forests and ravines dominate, Ukrainian operators report greater dependence on such systems against Russian positions protected by netting and electronic warfare.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Mar. 2026
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The senior continued a stunning run of scoring to start the season, netting 12 goals in a 16-13 win over Aragon and eight in a 13-4 win over Valley Christian.—
Christian Babcock,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Machado went on to enjoy a long career in avant-garde theater, garnering accolades for his striking and magnetic stage presence, despite his modest claims otherwise.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
30 Mar. 2026
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This content spread rapidly across X, Facebook, and other platforms, garnering tens of millions of views and adding confusion to the information environment surrounding the conflict.—
Steven Stalinsky,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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The order ensures that a lawyer can show up to meet with their client at the site during visitation hours every day of the week without first obtaining permission.—
Claire Heddles,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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Plus, the panel talks about the challenges of obtaining public records and other information from governments and state agencies in Florida.—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2026
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But, realizing his memory is failing and badly shaken by the disappointing results of his last two plays, Pagnol is wracked by doubt until his younger self, Little Marcel, appears.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2026
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Bovino flailed back at every affront instead of focusing on his mission, not realizing his recklessness was eroding public support for his cause and threatening it altogether.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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Liz Breadon, now the City Council president, added at the time that such a mistake could jeopardize an immigrant’s chances of attaining full citizenship.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
18 Mar. 2026
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Oakland’s leaders envision their town attaining similar big-city status.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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One requires election records to be maintained for 22 months, while the other prohibits procuring, casting or tabulating false, fictitious or fraudulent ballots.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted in 2021 of procuring young girls for Epstein, was interviewed by top DOJ official Todd Blanche in July.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
17 Mar. 2026
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Keller stymies defending champ Coppell Claire Garritson scored the game-winning goal in the second half and Keller hung on to beat defending state champion Coppell 2-1 in the Class 6A Division 1 Region 1 Final on Tuesday night at Keller High School.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Apr. 2026
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The Grammy-winning musician made her Broadway debut as Zidler in the classic musical on March 24.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Grossing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grossing. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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