Often used in sports to describe the sum of individual game scores determining a competition's winner. Despite losing the final match, their strong performance in earlier rounds won them the championship on aggregate.
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'On aggregate' results from adding up outcomes over time, not from a single event or instance. Her scores on aggregate showed improvement, although her last test was not the highest.
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Use 'on aggregate' when comparing collective outcomes between two or more participants or sides. The two schools' debate teams were neck and neck, but on aggregate, Jackson High won more points.