Definition of WINNER

Examples of winner in a Sentence

The winners will receive their medals shortly. the winners and losers of the court case And the winner is…the blue team! With seconds left on the clock, she scored the winner.

Recent Examples on the Web On this particularly mild night in June, that means screening a documentary called Olympia, about Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis. — Angela Watercutter, Wired, "America’s Great—If Small—Return to Drive-In Theaters," 30 June 2020 The 2010 Heisman winner and 2015 NFL MVP was released by the Carolina Panthers earlier this year after nine seasons. — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, "Here’s how to buy Cam Newton New England Patriots jerseys," 30 June 2020 The collaboration won the BET HER Award and made Carter the youngest award winner ever for the BET Awards, which celebrated its 20th anniversary Sunday. — Lisa Respers France, CNN, "Blue Ivy Carter wins first BET Award," 29 June 2020 Mostly, a diffident young woman named Jane (Ozark Emmy-winner Julia Garner) just goes about her mundane daily tasks at a drably officious New York film-production company: filling out lunch orders, collating copies, answering the phones. — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, "The 10 best movies of 2020… so far," 29 June 2020 The former Heisman winner would go on to short stints in the Canadian Football League and the Alliance of American Football. — Brice Paterik, Dallas News, "Former Texas A&M QB Johnny Manziel says his football career is ‘in the past’ and that’s OK," 29 June 2020 With the 2020 election is still more than four months away, those states could help decide the winner. — Savannah Behrmann, USA TODAY, "Sen. Grassley said Fox News failed Trump with second-term agenda question, isn't working to get him re-elected," 29 June 2020 Respect stars Oscar winner Hudson as Franklin, Forest Whitaker as her father C.L. Franklin, Marlon Wayans as Ted White, Franklin’s first husband and manager, Mary J. Blige as Dinah Washington and Tituss Burgess as Rev. Dr. James Cleveland. — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, "Here Are Exclusive Images of Jennifer Hudson As 'Aretha' In Upcoming Biopic," 29 June 2020 The Giants’ 2015 Willie Mac Award winner is suiting up in Yankee pinstripes. — John Shea, SFChronicle.com, "Former Giants infielder Matt Duffy signs with Yankees," 28 June 2020

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