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Recent Examples of victory The Supreme Court on Tuesday handed President Donald Trump a victory by backing his plans to cut the federal workforce, a move that could lead to hundreds of thousands of firings for federal employees. Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2025 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump met Monday for the third time this year and took a proverbial victory lap after joint strikes on Iran, which has demanded accountability for the attacks. Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025 Dariush rebounded in a big way from that winless run, picking up eight straight victories between November 2018 and October 2022. Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025 Cloud, who has been one of the WNBA's more outspoken players in discussing politics in recent years, celebrated Mamdani's victory in the Democratic primary on Wednesday in a series of social media posts. Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for victory
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Noun
  • The Cancer full moon on January 13 may shift dynamics in your closest relationships and ask you to balance personal wins with mutual support.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 July 2025
  • Several players are chasing their first Tour win, and among the top contenders are Luke Clanton, Bud Cauley, Michael Thorbjornsen, and Denny McCarthy.
    Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • Raphael envisioned his design as a series of murals depicting the triumph of Christianity over paganism: The Vision of the Cross, The Battle of the Milvian Bridge, The Baptism of Constantine and The Donation of Rome.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2025
  • The following day, July 4, 1863, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant won the monthslong battle of Vicksburg in Mississippi, a strategic triumph.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2025

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“Victory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/victory. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

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