as in total
a complete amount of something
The grand total of the proceeds from the fund-raiser was over $100,000.
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Recent Examples of grand total
Beyoncé collected another three wins at the 2025 Grammy Awards, including her first album of the year victory for Cowboy Carter to bring her grand total to 35 Grammys.
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Michael Saponara, Billboard, 4 Feb. 2025
The Zags lost to Kentucky, Connecticut and UCLA by a grand total of 10 points.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
Next, Seacrest revealed her grand total of $78,650 from the episode.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 21 Jan. 2025
There was a grand total of 52 penalty minutes issued after the dust settled.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
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Michael Saponara, Billboard, 4 Feb. 2025
The Zags lost to Kentucky, Connecticut and UCLA by a grand total of 10 points.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
Next, Seacrest revealed her grand total of $78,650 from the episode.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 21 Jan. 2025
There was a grand total of 52 penalty minutes issued after the dust settled.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grand total
Noun
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The company had offered 17.06 million shares in its IPO, raising a total of HK$3.45 billion.—
Lee Ying Shan,Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2025
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The state fire marshal said that there were more than than 175 wildfires in the state burning a total of 4,200 acres, according to the governor’s office.—
Amy Graff,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Or in sum, uncivilized peoples of uncivilized spaces.—
Christine Winter,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2025
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These superfans have always commanded a disproportionate sum of influence.—
Bing Chen,
TIME,
28 Feb. 2025
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On the contrary, the credit rating agencies and bond investors understood that the city structures individual debt financings and refinancings to achieve optimal results for taxpayers in totality.—
Pat Dowell,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2025
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Each franchise is different in the totality of their worth.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
21 Feb. 2025
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And while Terry technically did not have a turnover on Monday night, some of his drives to nowhere wind up as the same sum total.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Feb. 2025
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His incendiary rhymes, which boldly call out the atrocities carried out by the country’s dictatorial regime, have resulted in multiple arrests and extended stretches in prison over the last five years, for a sum total of 753 days.—
SPIN Staff,
SPIN,
9 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Nevertheless, prophets of doom might keep in mind that their darkest predictions have been, on the whole, a little premature.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Invincible continues to put out a string of exceptional episodes here in season 3, and on the whole, yes, this seems to be going a whole lot better than season 2.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
14 Feb. 2025
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All sizes will be available, including twins from $99, fulls ($149), queens ($199) and kings ($299).—
Don Maines,
Houston Chronicle,
27 Feb. 2020
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When in their feeding grounds, a gray whale typically eats about 1.3 tons of food — mouth-fulls of crustaceans, worms, shrimp and small, schooling fish — per day, according to researchers.—
Anchorage Daily News,
Anchorage Daily News,
25 Jan. 2020
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