; winning
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Examples of win in a Sentence
Matias Grez, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
Before the murders of Brown and Goldman, Simpson earned fame as a college standout at USC — winning the Heisman trophy in 1968 — and for his 11-season run in the NFL, the first nine of which were spent with the Buffalo Bills.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2024
In want of a bulging bank account, winning is the next best carrot.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2024
And that doesn’t take into account horses that didn’t win the Florida Derby but did win in Louisville, such as Mage last year, who finished second at Gulfstream Park.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024
The last Italian man to win a Grand Slam singles title was Adriano Panatta at the 1976 French Open.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2024
Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich made this observation in 1976, commenting on why women’s lives are (or are not) recorded and studied in history books.
—Hadley Heath Manning, National Review, 31 Mar. 2024
Before his loss to Mendoza, Fundora (20-1-1, 13 KOs) had amassed some solid victories, including triumphs against Ocampo (Fundora won by unanimous decision compared to Tszyu’s first-round knockout vs. Ocampo) and Erickson Lubin.
—Josh Katzowitz, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
Over many months, countless visits and courtesy gifts dispersed by the van-ful, Aikawa’s team eventually won the blessing to shoot on Akasaka Esplanade from all 300-plus local establishments.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Mar. 2024
Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2024
After just finishing a brutal stretch of five games in seven days, Friday’s wire-to-wire win allowed for the Heat to manage minutes throughout the roster.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2024
The Pioneers got two runs in the top of the eighth at Weatherford on Tuesday in a 2-0 win.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2024
Advertisement The film’s Oscar and Grammy wins led to more film and TV scoring gigs for the veteran drummer, composer and leader of the genre-blurring band Bad Hombre.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2024
Related article Myanmar military loses control of key town on Thai border, rebels say, in major win for anti-junta resistance
In tiny southeastern Kayah state, where fighting has been particularly intense, half of all households reported a decline in income — the most of any area surveyed.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
The Kings missed the chance to clinch by losing to the Ducks on Tuesday, but quickly got back into form by beating Calgary for their fourth win in five games.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
In another win for the Right to Repair movement, Apple will let customers and repair technicians fix select iPhone models with used genuine parts, rather than only new, authorized components.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 11 Apr. 2024
After Saturday's win, the Powerball jackpot was reset to $20 million, and has since grown to $46 million with a $21.5 million cash value after there were no winners on Wednesday.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
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Word History
Verb
Middle English winnen "to strive, struggle, obtain by exertion, earn with labor, gain, triumph," going back to Old English winnan "to labor, strive," going back to a Germanic verb base *wenu̯- (whence Old Saxon winnan "to struggle, suffer, acquire," Old High German, "to labor, struggle, rage," Old Norse vinna "to labor, suffer, gain," Gothic winnan "to suffer"); akin to Sanskrit vanoti "(s/he) demands, strives for, obtains," vanate "(s/he) shall obtain," Avestan vanaiti "(s/he) defeats"
Note: According to Rix, et al., Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben (Wiesbaden, 1998), Indo-European *u̯en-, the source of these verbs is distinct from *u̯enH-, the source of Sanskrit vanate "(s/he) likes, takes pleasure in," Latin venus "physical desire, qualities exciting desire, charm" (see venus).
Verb
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a
Noun
1862, in the meaning defined above
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“Win.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/win. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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1 of 2 verb
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2 of 2 noun
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