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Definition of grossesnext
plural of gross

grosses

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verb

present tense third-person singular of gross

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Recent Examples of grosses
Noun
Overall, industry grosses stayed fairly steady from the prior week, with total gross up just 1 percent and attendance fairly flat. Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 20 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grosses
Noun
  • High-elevation snow is expected Monday night into Tuesday and possibly again later in the week, but totals will be limited compared to earlier winter storms.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
  • More than 3,100 rallies are expected nationwide, surpassing the totals of previous No Kings rallies.
    Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 28 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Our expert take The Capital One VentureOne Rewards Credit Card earns transferrable miles, which is a stand-out benefit for a no-annual-fee card.
    Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Someone making a few dollars over 400% of the federal poverty level earns too much to get a subsidy now, and in some states average premium payments were due to at least triple for this group.
    Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Snow accumulations in the valleys of 1 to 4 inches with the higher amounts likely in the western shores of Lake Tahoe.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 31 Mar. 2026
  • New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
    Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Now amid the Greeley strike and other slaughter plant capacity reductions — including the closure of a major Tyson Foods’ plant in Nebraska — JBS and other companies are seeing profits increase, Martin said.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Novartis warned earlier this year that profits would decline in early 2026 as some of its best-selling drugs, including heart medicine Entresto face generic competition.
    Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The deal nets the Yankees something in return for Vivas, who is out of minor league options and was not going to make the team’s Opening Day roster.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The United States’s $38 trillion national debt now nets an annual interest bill of another trillion dollars each year.
    Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • To maximize your tax refund, keep detailed records of income, tips, and expenses, and keep receipts for major purchases and charitable contributions.
    Kat Tretina, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The remaining tax and fee receipts, federal grants and other revenues flow into the budget, where additional spending controls typically force hundreds of millions in additional savings each year.
    Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The cool-girl pair garners plenty of praise, and the kicker?
    Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 7 Feb. 2026
  • That doesn’t factor in the attention Cade Cunningham garners from defenders, which should generate open looks for Huerter.
    Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Perhaps some enterprising Democrat or Republican will come along who exhibits more faith in our constitutional system, governs with the foresight that there are more elections to come than just the next one — and reaps the benefits.
    David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 11 Feb. 2026
  • And if the hypotheticals are not enough to dissuade, history is littered with teams trading away their future for immediate glories, seeing their plans implode, and being left with a ruinous future that becomes a hopeless present while another team reaps the benefits.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2026

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“Grosses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grosses. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.

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