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as in to win
to receive as return for effort
during my teen years I earned pocket money by mowing lawns
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Recent Examples of earn
Competitors who receive three turns will earn special advantages in the next round.
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
This year's nominations feature an exceptionally competitive field led by Apple TV+'s workplace thriller Severance, which earned over two dozen nominations across multiple categories.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Sep. 2025
James Hamblin signed one after his WHL career and would eventually earn an NHL contract.
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
The set earned 29,000 equivalent album units in the latest tracking week (up 5%).
—Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 14 Sep. 2025
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
This year's nominations feature an exceptionally competitive field led by Apple TV+'s workplace thriller Severance, which earned over two dozen nominations across multiple categories.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Sep. 2025
James Hamblin signed one after his WHL career and would eventually earn an NHL contract.
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
The set earned 29,000 equivalent album units in the latest tracking week (up 5%).
—Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 14 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for earn
Verb
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The Razorbacks won the toss and will receive.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Sep. 2025
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The founders of Ssense have won round one in their battle with their creditors, allowing the company to remain in the hands of chief executive officer Rami Atallah and his brothers Firas and Bassel, who are fighting to remain in business and restructure the company’s operations.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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All Americans deserve clarity and accountability regarding the full extent of DOGE's role and influence at the Department of Education.—
Arthur Jones II,
ABC News,
19 Sep. 2025
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Ultimately, the network architects are responsible, but as Wyden has argued, Microsoft deserves blame, too, for failing to make the risks and precautionary measures for Kerberoasting more explicit.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
18 Sep. 2025
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As a result, customers gained 5% more usable capacity on FlashArray and 6% more usable capacity on FlashBlade through a nondisruptive software upgrade.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Arkansas gained 333 yards and gave up 301 yards in a defenseless first half.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Try ordering or making your matcha unsweetened to reap the most health benefits.—
Claire Bugos,
Verywell Health,
17 Sep. 2025
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Retailers also are in a position to reap the benefits of lower interest rates.—
Rohit Arora,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The two did not go without displaying PDA while posing for photos on the carpet, Blanco planting sweet kisses on Gomez's cheek, which garnered a beaming response from the Only Murders in the Building actress, who is nominated for Best Comedy Series at the awards ceremony.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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The result—a gleaming-white minimalist interior that Kraus said was inspired by Leonard Cohen’s house on the Greek island of Hydra—garnered coverage in design blogs.—
Clare Malone,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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That irritation makes the airway more twitchy, more inflamed and prone to narrow.—
Bill Frist,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Overall, aspirin makes the environment more challenging for cancer to get a foothold in, particularly for people with the genetic makeup predisposed to dysregulated cell function, where cancer cell growth and division is more likely.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Department of Education's Office watchdog is launching an investigation into the agency's sensitive data systems, according to a letter first obtained by ABC News.—
Arthur Jones II,
ABC News,
19 Sep. 2025
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After obtaining data, the group demanded that the victims pay hefty ransoms or see their confidential data published or sold.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
19 Sep. 2025
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The company argues that the traffic which sites do manage to get from users now comes from users who are more engaged and thus more valuable.—
Andy Meek,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Ahead of the premiere of her new Netflix series, Too Much, written for her by Lena Dunham, the 33-year-old reflects on what got her to this moment.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Earn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earn. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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