grossing

verb

present participle of gross
as in earning

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Recent Examples of grossing Dog Day Afternoon was at 70% of capacity at the August Wilson, grossing $554,616, and The Fear of 13 was at 62% for a $449,711 gross. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 16 June 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
  1. earning
  2. netting
  3. garnering
  4. obtaining
  5. realizing
  6. attaining
  7. procuring
  8. winning
Verb
  • Stallone also found work as an usher at a movie theater, earning just $34 a week.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • While De Luca and Abdy had a great run at the box office last year, this year has been littered with myriad misfires including The Bride, The End of Oak Street with no movie earning more than $100M stateside.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of earning
Verb
  • Still visible on Google Maps, but even in August 2021 there were signs of potential safety issues — barriers and orange netting on the side.
    — Sara Machi, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Solai Washington laid it off to McCutcheon, who struck it first-time into the side netting for the 1-0 lead just two minutes in.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of netting
Verb
  • After community outreach and a survey garnering more than 2,600 responses, city staff and a subcommittee composed of four city council members selected Union Plaza as its top recommendation to rename the park.
    — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Since then, OpenAI has reported other incidents of agents acting without authorization from humans, garnering concerns from AI safety advocates.
    — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of garnering
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  • The legislation followed growing complaints that brokers were obtaining reservations at Los Angeles municipal courses and reselling them, often advertising slots through social media, including the Korean messaging app KakaoTalk.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Prosecutors say Rivera and his former wife transferred their interest to his sister without obtaining that permission.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of obtaining
Verb
  • Much like Whitford back in the late 1980s, Blyth is realizing that Kaffee basically never gets to leave the stage.
    — Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Then, after realizing how cash-strapped a large chunk of these schools were, the conversation shifted towards the Big Ten's idea of 24-teams.
    — Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of realizing
Verb
  • This older world is often focused on common American ideals of individualism and grit as the primary tools for attaining personal success.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026
  • In other words, what happens when their agreeable or polite approach to attaining something doesn’t work?
    — Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of attaining
Verb
  • The city will be responsible for identifying contractors, approving bids and procuring the playground equipment.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The doctors Allure interviewed for this story are, to put it lightly, less convinced that any of these alternative methods for procuring GLP-1 medications are a good thing.
    — Kara McGrath, Allure, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of procuring
Verb
  • Whilst Black was first a BBC Three pilot and then greenlit to full series, becoming one of the BBC’s most critically-rated of recent years and winning BAFTAs.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Dozens of people applied for a NO SMOG plate, and Reagan had to pluck the winning application out of a hat.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of winning

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“Grossing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grossing. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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