earned; earning; earns
1
a
: to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered
b
: to bring in by way of return
bonds earning 10 percent interest
2
a
: to come to be duly worthy of or entitled or suited to
she earned a promotion
b
: to make worthy of or obtain for
the suggestion earned him a promotion
earner
noun
Examples of earn in a Sentence
Verb (1)
during my teen years I earned pocket money by mowing lawns
you've earned the afternoon off after all that hard work
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Jay Cannon, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
More recent parody country music songs have pushed Hays to the top of the Spotify and Apple Music charts, earning her in all nearly five million followers and over three billion social media platform views.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
Elsewhere, actors like Anne Hathaway have admitted to struggling career-wise after earning the ire of social media.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
All of that earned Todd Herman disbarment by the state Supreme Court last week, prohibiting him from practicing law in Florida.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
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—Jay Cannon, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
More recent parody country music songs have pushed Hays to the top of the Spotify and Apple Music charts, earning her in all nearly five million followers and over three billion social media platform views.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
Elsewhere, actors like Anne Hathaway have admitted to struggling career-wise after earning the ire of social media.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
All of that earned Todd Herman disbarment by the state Supreme Court last week, prohibiting him from practicing law in Florida.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Earn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earn. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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