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as in collecting
to bring together in one body or place
a prisoner garnering food bit by bit and hiding it in his pillow an array of rock bands garnered from all over the country by the promoters of the festival
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as in earning
to receive as return for effort
a novelist that has garnered praise for his literate police procedurals
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Recent Examples of garnering
The beloved southern elephant seal, Neil the Seal, is back in Tasmania, causing havoc yet again and garnering fans through his antics.
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Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
Each item has a domestic value of 70 percent or more, making the cut based on the FTC’s parameters and garnering an impressive fan club of New Balance loyalists who prefer shopping local.
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Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
29 June 2026
Top-tier control allows the fastball combination (four-seam, sinker) to set up a pair of devastating secondaries (sweeper, curveball), each garnering a minimum 36% whiff.
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John Laghezza,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
This popular Quince pair is a shopper favorite, garnering hundreds of five-star reviews and already selling out once in both brown shades.
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Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
Civil disobedience is usually an effective tool for garnering attention.
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Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
To arrive at the 2026 cohort, the private art fund invited a diverse group of artists and art world professionals to nominate artists to apply for the award, garnering seventy-five submissions from artists working across a variety of media and disciplines.
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News Desk,
Artforum,
18 June 2026
But, garnering the support from those within the Big Ten and SEC footprint is clearly not an aspect of this process that both Cantwell and Cruz are worried about.
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Trey Wallace,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
Her performance has been garnering critical raves and the kudos are well-deserved.
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Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
13 June 2026
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
Each item has a domestic value of 70 percent or more, making the cut based on the FTC’s parameters and garnering an impressive fan club of New Balance loyalists who prefer shopping local.
—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
29 June 2026
Top-tier control allows the fastball combination (four-seam, sinker) to set up a pair of devastating secondaries (sweeper, curveball), each garnering a minimum 36% whiff.
—
John Laghezza,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
This popular Quince pair is a shopper favorite, garnering hundreds of five-star reviews and already selling out once in both brown shades.
—
Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
Civil disobedience is usually an effective tool for garnering attention.
—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
To arrive at the 2026 cohort, the private art fund invited a diverse group of artists and art world professionals to nominate artists to apply for the award, garnering seventy-five submissions from artists working across a variety of media and disciplines.
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News Desk,
Artforum,
18 June 2026
But, garnering the support from those within the Big Ten and SEC footprint is clearly not an aspect of this process that both Cantwell and Cruz are worried about.
—
Trey Wallace,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
Her performance has been garnering critical raves and the kudos are well-deserved.
—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
13 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for garnering
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At donation centers across Miami-Dade County, members of the Venezuelan community are collecting supplies for victims while anxiously waiting for news from home.
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The government argued both that Chatrie had tacitly agreed to Google collecting the information and that Chatrie had no reasonable expectation of privacy in third-party Google’s records.
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Cape Verde then closed the group stage by earning draws against Uruguay on June 21 and Saudi Arabia on June 26.
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Some of the world’s most successful companies are built on it, earning their profits on services layered atop an open core.
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Erika Bahr, founder and CEO of Daxe, had spent over a year assembling this coalition, intentionally collapsing the walls between every stakeholder in women’s economic participation into a single room.
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This unique telescope is using the world’s largest digital camera to scan the entire southern sky every few nights, assembling what will become the most lavishly detailed time-lapse of the cosmos humanity has ever envisioned.
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Monthly events like their floral arrangement workshop and cocktail classes create a space where people can enjoy an experience while gaining new skills and knowledge.
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The culinary team regularly meets with Longwood Gardens botanists in the Idea Garden, gaining inspiration from the ingredients grown there.
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Immigrant communities from soccer-playing nations are gathering for watch parties to support their teams.
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Avoid Steering Customers Toward ‘Yes’ A common mistake is to ask steering questions when gathering customer feedback.
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France has been the dominant team of this World Cup, winning all four of its games while outsourcing opponents 13-2.
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Spanish fans are putting a lot of hope on Yamal as the national team has failed to make it past the round of 16 since winning the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
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Since SpaceX, which Musk founded, began amassing the orbital satellite constellation in 2019, Starlink has become known for providing service to areas around the world where internet access is often elusive.
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With the passage of Thursday’s law, both sides have agreed to pull their respective measures from the November ballot, halting campaigns that had both parties amassing tens of millions in funding and blanketing the airwaves with ads.
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And business owners, including Paulo, are reaping the benefits during Canada’s four games.
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Surging demand for artificial intelligence has pushed many AI and tech stocks higher in recent months, with markets in South Korea, Japan and Taiwan reaping big gains.
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