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A large Tarbell grant—the organization plans to spend $10 million in total by the end of 2027—went to an NPR podcast by AI journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
The film has now earned an estimated total of $45 million at the domestic box office, with some analysts predicting it could become the first documentary to be nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
"We find a total stellar mass of about 1.3 billion suns, and the black holes represent a significant fraction of that."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
Last week alone, cases jumped by 8%, with 330 infections reported, outpacing the entire total of cases in 2024, in which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention counted 285 cases.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
The darkness was so total it felt as if my eyes were shut, though they were wide open.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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High rainfall totals have been recorded in the Scottish Highlands, peaking in Cluanie Inn which received 130mm.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
In total, including options and restricted stock, his ownership in SpaceX totals 6.4 billion shares, valued currently at $960 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
The current programme totals around $7 billion over three years, with the Fund reaching an agreement this month to release a $1.2 billion tranche.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
Companies raised $1.08 trillion across 5,566 deals over the first nine months of the year, a figure that surpasses the full-year totals reached in the past four years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
He couldn’t wait to report the totals to Brother Leon.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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U.K. borrowing totaled 97.8 billion pounds for the fiscal year to date, which is 6 billion pounds above projections published in March.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Revenues totaled $14.6 billion, nearly double the $7.8 billion second quarter figure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
These funds provide retirement benefits to more than 750,000 people, and their assets under management totaled $330 billion at the end of August.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Disasters costing at least $1 billion totaled more than $115 billion of damages in 2025, nearly four times the annual average in the 1990s, according to a Ceres study.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
The car was totaled, the money was gone, and there were no prospects ahead of him.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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An undercover reporter recorded two senior Reform aides apparently suggesting a way around electoral law to secure foreign party donations, one of which would have totalled £500,000.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
In 2025-26, Chelsea totalled 123 build-up attacks and 613 sequences of 10 passes or more.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
In the 10 months preceding the war, Iran's trade with the UAE totalled $21 billion according to official Iranian figures.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
The deficit during the first six months of this fiscal year totalled $1.2 trillion, which is $139 billion less than the same period last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
During the thirty days immediately preceding the installation the dredge had suffered delays from clogged suction which totalled 130-3/4 hours.
From The Industrial Canal and Inner Harbor of New Orleans History, Description and Economic Aspects of Giant Facility Created to Encourage Industrial Expansion and Develop Commerce by Thomas Ewing Dabney
Paxton took out mortgages totaling $1.9 million for them, according to legal documents filed with the local county.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
The firm has so far secured commitments totaling $7.5 billion, people familiar with the matter said, and plans to use the capital to invest in roughly 10 late-stage companies over the next two years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
The acquisition included four parcels totaling roughly seven acres and two residences, with the centerpiece being an enormous nine-bedroom waterfront mansion.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
In all, the Interior Department denied 78 financial assistance requests from the Great Basin Institute totaling more than $12.7 million, according to a letter from Chief Executive Peter Woodruff appealing the denials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
My brain is humming like a cash register, totaling it up, making change.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
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At least 7,000 crisis grants, totalling nearly £600,000, have already been awarded by the council since April.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
After bumper second-quarter profits both SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics announced buybacks totalling $40 billion that were completed earlier than expected in mid-October.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
More than 60% — totalling an estimated 3,633 homeless people — live within a mile of downtown venues and face possible expulsion, the report said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Before the war, trade between Kuwait and Iran was robust, totalling roughly $300 million in 2024, according to Kuwaiti media citing the two countries' joint chamber of commerce.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
This fateful afternoon it happened that Terry's collections reached a larger amount than usual, totalling up nearly fifty dollars.
From Terry's Trials and Triumphs by J. Macdonald (James Macdonald) Oxley
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