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as in success
a person or thing that is successful
the movie was panned by the critics but has been a winner at the box office
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as in victor
one that defeats an enemy or opponent
the winner of any given war is usually the one who gets to write the history of that war
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as in champion
the person who comes in first in a competition
the other finalists graciously congratulated the winner
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Recent Examples of winner
Finishing one length behind the winner versus five lengths behind can make all the difference.
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Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 15 May 2026
This is the winner of that special occasion dinner, auntie's mashed potatoes or not.
—Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 15 May 2026
The 2024 winner, Nemo, even returned their trophy to the EBU.
—Charlie Harding, Vulture, 15 May 2026
The track became a top 10 smash after only a few hours of availability, as the combined popularity of Madonna and Carpenter proved to be reliable enough to turn any cut into a fast winner.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
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Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 15 May 2026
This is the winner of that special occasion dinner, auntie's mashed potatoes or not.
—Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 15 May 2026
The 2024 winner, Nemo, even returned their trophy to the EBU.
—Charlie Harding, Vulture, 15 May 2026
The track became a top 10 smash after only a few hours of availability, as the combined popularity of Madonna and Carpenter proved to be reliable enough to turn any cut into a fast winner.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for winner
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In addition to his clairvoyant recruitment of head coach Eric Roy, who had not coached a club for more than 11 years before his appointment by Brest, Lorenzi enjoyed success at Stade Francis Le Ble by picking up players on the cheap and selling them on at significant profit.—
Tom Williams,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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And while the state has seen strong GDP growth in recent months, business groups still worry that this economic success could be stifled by limited job growth and economic uncertainty in the wake of federal policy changes.—
P.R. Lockhart,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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To the victors go the spoils, or in this case, to the victors go the closers (current and former), the slugger and the skipper.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
17 May 2026
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Europe’s biggest music event has crowned a new victor.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
16 May 2026
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Some draftees have an immediate impact—this year’s Super Bowl champions, the Seattle Seahawks, started two key players who were drafted last spring—but the process is mainly a means of incremental, long-term improvement.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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The game’s newest major champion represents a refreshing and unchanging sense of self, bred by memories like those back in Wolverhampton, England.—
Gabby Herzig,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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Jack Dauer double home a run, then scored on Colin Sloane’s hit.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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The Philadelphia Phillies scored seven runs on seven hits.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2026
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Football, too, was brought to colonies by conquerors, only to be embraced by the conquered and remade anew.—
Franklin Leonard,
Vanity Fair,
14 May 2026
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But legend has it that despite the might of these ancient conquerors, pockets of Sardinia sometimes managed to defend themselves.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 May 2026
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The Bulldogs, regular-season conference champs, need to win one more game, against the survivor of the Columbia-Brown game on Sunday.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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Shorter races for three-year-olds later in the summer like the grade 1 Haskell at Monmouth Park in New Jersey will be likely targets for the Preakness champ.—
Danny Brewer,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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The actor spoke to us during a day off from portraying drummer Ringo Starr in Sam Mendes’ four-part Beatles film blockbuster.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
13 May 2026
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Take, for instance, Trilith Studios, which hosts blockbuster shoots, is also thinking small.—
Carole Horst,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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Boston was named one of the five finalist cities to host the 2028 DNC convention in March, along with Atlanta, Chicago, Denver and Philadelphia.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
19 May 2026
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Making her feature screenwriting and directing debut with Is God Is, an adaptation of her play which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist, Harris is behind one of the year’s wildest and most acclaimed films, sitting at a 97 percent freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
18 May 2026
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“Winner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/winner. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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