gain on
verb
gained on; gaining on; gains on
: to come nearer to (someone or something that is ahead in a race or competition)
She was still leading at the halfway point, but the other runners were gaining on her.
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Samsung's stock has breached a record high and is on course for the largest single-day gain on record, data from FactSet showed.
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Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 6 May 2026
McLaren did come away with a three-point gain on Mercedes — a small dent in the pre-weekend deficit of 89, a gap ballooned significantly by McLaren’s double DNS in China.
—Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 4 May 2026
Exxon and Chevron cannot book gains on those hedges until the crude is physically delivered.
—ABC News, 1 May 2026
Gasoline’s premium to crude posted its biggest weekly gain on record, a boost for refiners that have been under pressure from high oil prices stoked by the Iran war.
—Jack Wittels, Bloomberg, 20 Apr. 2026
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Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 6 May 2026
McLaren did come away with a three-point gain on Mercedes — a small dent in the pre-weekend deficit of 89, a gap ballooned significantly by McLaren’s double DNS in China.
—Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 4 May 2026
Exxon and Chevron cannot book gains on those hedges until the crude is physically delivered.
—ABC News, 1 May 2026
Gasoline’s premium to crude posted its biggest weekly gain on record, a boost for refiners that have been under pressure from high oil prices stoked by the Iran war.
—Jack Wittels, Bloomberg, 20 Apr. 2026
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“Gain on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gain%20on. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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