grand total
noun
: a final total reached by adding together other total amounts
They have managed to raise a grand total of $15 million in the past two years.
—often used in a humorous or critical way to refer to a total that is unusually smallA grand total of two people have signed up for the class.
They scored a grand total of three points in the first quarter.
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Consider that Bitcoin is supposed to have died a grand total of 477 times so far in its lifetime – including twice in 2024, even as prices have rallied to reach new all-time highs.
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Nimrod Lehavi, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
Throughout it all, Braswell has spent a grand total of approximately three months behind bars, with much of that spent at a medical facility with an armed guard from the Alameda County Sheriff’s office, due to her disability, according to court records.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2024
Odunze returned a grand total of three punts in his college career.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2024
About 200 items of the grand total belong to the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board, and Hecht told Axios New Orleans on Monday that about half those are already checked off.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 30 July 2024
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Nimrod Lehavi, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
Throughout it all, Braswell has spent a grand total of approximately three months behind bars, with much of that spent at a medical facility with an armed guard from the Alameda County Sheriff’s office, due to her disability, according to court records.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2024
Odunze returned a grand total of three punts in his college career.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2024
About 200 items of the grand total belong to the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board, and Hecht told Axios New Orleans on Monday that about half those are already checked off.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 30 July 2024
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“Grand total.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grand%20total. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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