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- proper n. A surname, originally a nickname for a big man, from Middle English gros ("large").
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Examples
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"It's never been gross to me," Gross said (no pun intended.) "I've been sweating since doing pushups at the age of five."
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"Our position is it is a gross injustice to leave University employees out of a state pay raise," Gross said.
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Spurred by the tiny Himalayan nation of Bhutan, the country that coined the term "Gross National Happiness," the resolution has 66 nations as sponsors including the UK.
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In 1972, Bhutan's former king coined the term Gross National Happiness.
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Even if you are not receiving any benefit from the increases in GDP everyone should know what the term Gross domestic product (GDP) means as well as the calculations, but few of us do.
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This fact necessitates the use of another chart, which I call the Gross Equity Accumulation Schedule see above.
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Andrew Gross is relatively new to the publishing world, with a couple of successful books under his belt.
04/23 On the Bookshelf . . . “Reckless” « The BookBanter Blog
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North Mato Gross is frontier country as wild as or even more wild than remote parts of Alaska, Canada or Africa.
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The company's flagship $252.2 billion Total Return Fund, managed by founder Bill Gross, is the world's largest bond fund.
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As the Wonk Room previously reported, the Court in Gross v. FBL Financial Services dramatically cut back on the right of older workers who are victims of employment discrimination to hold their employers accountable for such mistreatment.
Wonk Room » The Supreme Court Term In Review, Part III: Anti-Discrimination
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