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Recent Examples of grossing
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.
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Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grossing
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My daughter and son earning advanced degrees from LSU and a third who began his career working at the university.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Many outlets began operating independently, earning revenue through advertising.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Nov. 2025
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Yet the best goal of the night went to Rose Lavelle, whose volley from outside the box curled perfectly into the side netting to give the USWNT a 3-0 lead at the half.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
30 Oct. 2025
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The non-typical rack green scores 201 3/8-inches, netting 198 inches.—
Bob McNally,
Outdoor Life,
30 Oct. 2025
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Lawrence is currently garnering Oscar buzz for her role in Lynne Ramsay’s dark comedy Die My Love.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
5 Nov. 2025
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After the trade was announced, Seahawks star WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba reacted with an eye emoji, garnering an immediate response from Olave.—
Rowan Fisher-Shotton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Morelli also corresponded with the man obtaining the videos for him and asked that the torture of the animals be prolonged in subsequent videos, according to a copy of the indictment filed in the case and obtained by PEOPLE.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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These official letters act as a sort of income verification and are therefore key to obtaining aid like housing assistance, fuel assistance and help from nonprofits.—
The NPR Network,
NPR,
30 Oct. 2025
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The minister noted that while many MOUs have been signed with countries including France, Japan and South Korea, realizing actual collaborations takes years of negotiation.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
4 Nov. 2025
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The two were part of a group quail hunting at a ranch in Texas when Cheney fired at a covey of quail, not realizing Whittington, who stayed behind to collect shot birds, had approached.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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The building, which is working toward attaining LEED Gold certification, has been in the works for more than two decades.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
23 Oct. 2025
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His priorities are retaining local business, attaining affordable housing, and sustainable economic environmental development to make Shawnee a welcoming community.—
PJ Green
October 20,
Kansas City Star,
20 Oct. 2025
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Instead of procuring off-the-shelf control boards and motor drivers from external suppliers, a typical practice that adds markups and limits system optimization, the company’s designs these critical modules in-house.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Oct. 2025
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In 2008, Epstein pleaded guilty to procuring a person under 18 for prostitution.—
Jennifer O'Neil,
NBC news,
20 Oct. 2025
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Double-winning trio Alejandro Grimaldo, Edmond Tapsoba and Patrik Schick are all still at the club, providing at least some continuity in support.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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American Express Dining and drinks All the food and drinks are curated by The Culinary Collective by The Centurion Lounge, a collection of James Beard® Award-winning Resy chefs, including Mashama Bailey, Sarah Grueneberg, Kwame Onwuachi and Mike Solomonov, as well as bar director Harrison Ginsberg.—
Lori Zaino,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Grossing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grossing. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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