as in total
a complete amount of something
numerous episodes of pilferage, taken in the aggregate, can really add up to a significant sum
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as in to number
to have a total of
over time, her petty thefts aggregated a significant shortfall in the company's books
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as in collective
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Recent Examples of aggregate
Dan Perry, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
The other thing that’s weird about it is that labor in the aggregate is necessary for all of industrial capitalism.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 1 Feb. 2025
Ed Garsten, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Franchise valuations are derived from metrics by which basketball-team transactions occur, including aggregating local and national revenues and factoring in a team-specific multiplier.
—Sportico.com, 26 Feb. 2025
Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
Nephrite, an aggregate rock made mostly of tremolite with a bit of actinolite, is more common.
—Victoria Gomelsky, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
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Noun
On Wednesday, FiveThirtyEight's aggregate of recent polls showed 48.7 percent of Americans approved of Trump, while 46.2 percent gave him negative marks.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
The other thing that’s weird about it is that labor in the aggregate is necessary for all of industrial capitalism.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 1 Feb. 2025
Verb
While connectivity between the car and the remote operator is essentially accomplished by aggregating multiple cellular networks, according to Mapless AI co-founder Jeffrey Johnson, an on-board computer is responsible for safety as a fail-safe against inevitable network outtages.
—Ed Garsten, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Franchise valuations are derived from metrics by which basketball-team transactions occur, including aggregating local and national revenues and factoring in a team-specific multiplier.
—Sportico.com, 26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
Aloha Class containerships for an aggregate price of approximately $1 billion (or $330 million each).
—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
Nephrite, an aggregate rock made mostly of tremolite with a bit of actinolite, is more common.
—Victoria Gomelsky, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aggregate
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The Dolphins came into free agency with one of the lowest totals in terms of cap space, and the team has had to bank on lower-end cheaper free agents like safety Ifeatu Melifonwu and offensive tackle Larry Borom.—
James Brizuela,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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Texas state health officials said Tuesday there were 25 new cases of measles since the end of last week, bringing Texas’ total to 223.—
DEVI SHASTRI,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The aggregate capacity of these systems, which will number in the thousands, will exceed 40 million Llama 70B tokens per second.—
Karl Freund,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Many children from the county’s Mennonite community, which numbers in the thousands, are unvaccinated, but they won’t get picked up in state tallies, because they are either homeschooled or enrolled in nonaccredited private schools, which are not required to collect such data.—
Tom Bartlett,
The Atlantic,
11 Mar. 2025
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The documentary charts the adventures of an artist collective in Rhode Island that found a hidden space inside the bowels of the Providence Place Mall in 2003.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
23 Mar. 2025
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A little over a year away from the World Cup, there’s a collective concern from within the U.S. soccer landscape that this current group — one that has created so much excitement in the fan base — may simply not be good enough for a historic run on home soil.—
Paul Tenorio,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
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In sum, that’s far less density on the site than the 1,000 units existing zoning allows for, Martin told the commissioners.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
23 Mar. 2025
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In an era where physical and digital purchases have largely been overshadowed by streaming, that number stands out as one of the biggest first-week sales sums of the year.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Will Richard is averaging 16.4 points in his last eight.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
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Women, in particular, reported fewer nights of quality rest (averaging 3.83 nights per week versus 4.13 for men) and suffered more from its effects.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Western Europe and parts of West Africa will catch totality at moonset.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
13 Mar. 2025
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During totality, the entire moon is inside Earth's umbra, turning a deep red or orange color.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Aggregate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aggregate. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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