grand
Example Sentences
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All they had to do on Sunday was overcome the Cleveland Browns, the lowly stumblebums who had won a grand total of three games all season.
“It’s not a big needle mover in the grand scheme of the cost of the data center,” Fox said.
From Barron's
In November, he was indicted by a grand jury.
From Los Angeles Times
He grew up in the 1990s in a very different Beijing - grand and imposing, but not the capital of an economic giant.
From BBC
This year’s parade theme is “The Magic in Teamwork,” and the grand marshal is basketball legend and entrepreneur Earvin “Magic” Johnson.
From Los Angeles Times
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