championship
noun
cham·pi·on·ship
ˈcham-pē-ən-ˌship 
1
: designation as champion
2
: the act of championing : defense
his championship of freedom of speech
3
: a contest held to determine a champion
Examples of championship in a Sentence
The team hasn't won a championship in 30 years.
the Yankees have won the championship many times
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The Dragons lost to DeSoto in the state semifinals in 2023 and fell to Vandegrift in the 2024 Class 6A Division II state championship.
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Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Dec. 2025
The trophy is named after Bill Campbell, the captain of Columbia’s Ivy League championship team in 1961.
—Jordy Fee-Platt, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2025
Brown was great, but White and Pritchard, the other main holdovers from the championship team, struggled badly, and sometimes pressed and panicked as the clock ran down and the shots didn’t fall.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025
Right tackle Daylon Metoyer missed the game after picking up an injury in the Mountain West championship game last weekend, and right guard Roger Carreon exited the game in the first quarter after a Washington player rolled into his legs.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 14 Dec. 2025
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Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Dec. 2025
The trophy is named after Bill Campbell, the captain of Columbia’s Ivy League championship team in 1961.
—Jordy Fee-Platt, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2025
Brown was great, but White and Pritchard, the other main holdovers from the championship team, struggled badly, and sometimes pressed and panicked as the clock ran down and the shots didn’t fall.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025
Right tackle Daylon Metoyer missed the game after picking up an injury in the Mountain West championship game last weekend, and right guard Roger Carreon exited the game in the first quarter after a Washington player rolled into his legs.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 14 Dec. 2025
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“Championship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/championship. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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championship
noun
cham·pi·on·ship
ˈcham-pē-ən-ˌship
1
: the act of defending as a champion
2
: the position or title of champion
3
: a contest held to find a champion
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