in the aggregate

Idioms  

1. Considered as a whole, as in Our profits in the aggregate have been slightly higher. [Late 1700s]

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Example Sentences

Small-business profits, in the aggregate, are still in the black, but growth recently turned negative for the first time in a year and a half, Bowley said, citing Bank of America’s spending data.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

This is, of course, in the aggregate, and doesn’t tell us much about any individual female politician.

From Slate • Nov. 22, 2025

I have an optimistic view that human beings will find a way to leverage these profound technologies for good in the aggregate, such as what happened with nuclear.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 31, 2025

What in the aggregate would have been a way of following the story, keeping abreast of events, doing my part as a well-informed citizen tipped over into addictive, unhealthy behavior.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2024

Besides this salary there is an allowance of $25,000 a year for traveling expenses, and allowances for clerks, automobiles, house furnishings, fuel, lighting, etc., making in the aggregate some $250,000 a year.

From Government in the United States National, State and Local by Garner, James Wilford