gross
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The Commerce Department last month raised its estimate of annualized gross domestic product growth for the second quarter to 2.2%, up from its prior estimate of 1.5%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
The panel sharply revised its forecast for growth in inflation-adjusted annualized gross domestic product to 3.1% for the third quarter, up from 2% in the July survey.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
An officer who inappropriately accessed police records more than 2,000 times has been sacked for gross misconduct.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
The Internal Revenue Service calculates tax due on your Social Security based on your “combined income,” which consists of your adjusted gross income, tax-exempt interest, and half of your annual Social Security benefits.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
The gross brown water inside the bowl made Nathan nauseous.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
He said he typically grosses $140 to $150 a day, minus about $30 of gas for his Ford Focus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Box office grosses have typically done better with more genres in theaters.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2025
It really needed a boost, because its grosses have been anemic — last week it grossed $288,102, which is unsustainably low for a Broadway musical.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2024
Ticket sales from large format screens, including IMAX, made up about 40% of the opening weekend grosses.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2024
The thought of the false teeth currently chillin’ in their purple glitter container inside G’ma’s purse almost grosses Scoob out as much as the oysters.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
It was a movie, the biggest Hollywood grosser of the year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
In that vacuum, normal people were tuning out altogether, because the election seemed grosser and sadder by the minute.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2024
Tom Cruise always has the answer, though: the top grosser of the day was Top Gun: Maverick, which added about $6 million to its box office haul.
From The Verge ● Sep. 5, 2022
The theatrical exclusive “West Side Story” is the second-highest domestic grosser of the nominees with only $37 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2022
Others were more recent and a lot grosser.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
Even though Coleman sometimes showcases customers’ grossest problems, he’s never heard from a client who was unhappy with a post.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Judge Patrick Lynch KC told the former teacher that he had violated the trust placed in him "in the grossest manner".
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
In a judicial attention economy, we have a lot of judges who all want the president’s solo attention waving their hands and saying: No, I am the grossest one of all!
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2026
His book, "Selective Breeding and the Birth of Philosophy," has become an Amazon bestseller because he's promoted by the grossest people on the internet.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2023
Staining my white blouse with my spit-out juice makes me feel like the grossest person in the world.
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
She says she grossed $300,000 last year and netted $90,000.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
It grossed $270 million worldwide on a $38 million budget.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The film grossed more than $9 million and Trump screened it approvingly at Mar-a-Lago.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
The movie grossed nearly $180m worldwide at the box office at the time.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
I gagged and stumbled away from them into the dark, simultaneously grossed out and baffled.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
Lee produced last year’s $960 million grossing “A Minecraft Movie” and has success this weekend with “Resident Evil,” based on the Japanese horror game about a virus that causes people to transform into monsters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
It is now Sony Picture's highest-ever grossing film, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
“Cleopatra” became the highest grossing film of 1963 after stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton began a relationship on set when they were married to other people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Disney’s live-action “Mufasa: The Lion King” opened in 2024 to a middling $35 million, but ended up grossing more than $722 million globally through the holiday season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
I figured she was grossing me out as revenge for not eating her chicken dinner.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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