GROSSING Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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Verb

Renfro was the starting center on both teams, earning all-conference honors in ’21.

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Even when combined with state-level wage increases or multiple jobs, many workers earning near the federal minimum wage remain close to or below the poverty line.

— Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026

Definition of earning

Verb

Bellingham enjoyed his best international tournament, scoring seven goals as the figurehead of England’s run to the semi-finals and netting an incredible individual goal against France in the third-place play-off.

— Tim Spiers, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Mbappé won the Golden Boot race after netting 10 goals, taking his career World Cup tally to a record 22.

— Mark Hodge, NBC news, 20 July 2026

Definition of netting

Verb

Reid essentially rose to cult status in the Twin Cities as an undrafted free agent, playing a prominent role in helping the Timberwolves reach the Western Conference Finals and garnering the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year honors.

— Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2026
Samantha Morton’s performance as Circe in The Odyssey is already garnering critical acclaim.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 21 July 2026

Definition of garnering

Verb

One of the bottlenecks large tech companies like Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft face in the race to build data centers is in obtaining memory chips.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 22 July 2026
After obtaining initial access, the agent escalated to node-level access, harvesting cloud and cluster credentials before moving into several internal clusters.

— Tim Keary, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of obtaining

Verb

The actress entered treatment for the first time when Kaya was 4 months old after realizing her drinking had spiraled out of control.

— Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026
But leaders are increasingly realizing that chronic employee exhaustion can have a broader impact on customer satisfaction and, by extension, on company performance.

— Jennifer Lee, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of realizing

Verb

At his teacher’s direction, Pannakara traveled to Myanmar between 2018 and 2020 to study and practice Vipassana meditation, an ancient technique taught by the Buddha himself as core for attaining enlightenment.

— Deepa Bharath, Fortune, 17 July 2026
But the capture of both these towns is likely to involve a similarly gruesome and lengthy fight, putting an even optimistic assessment of attaining this key Moscow war goal at least a year away.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 16 July 2026

Definition of attaining

Verb

Syrsky is known as a more traditional commander, and his reforms have focused on forming new infantry assault groups and procuring traditional weapons.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 16 July 2026
California bans non-attorneys from directly soliciting or procuring clients to sign up for lawsuits.

— Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026