Examples of winner takes all in a Sentence
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The series now moves to the winner takes all third game on Friday, June 6 at 8 pm EST on ESPN/ESPN+.
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Allison Smith, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
The winner takes all and the losers are driven to lose their humanity.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 10 May 2025
In Tennessee, the winner takes all when a candidate exceeds two-thirds of the vote.
—Juan Buitrago, The Tennessean, 15 July 2024
Twenty-one are allocated by congressional district — three for each of the seven districts, and the winner takes all the delegates in each district.
—Jennifer De Pinto, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2024
Good polling is accurate within a range, and that range’s importance is magnified in politics versus commercial applications because, in politics, the winner takes all.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 26 May 2023
The advanced democracies with the angriest radical-right movements—the United States, the United Kingdom, and, to a lesser degree, France—are those in which the winner takes all.
—Jonathan Schlefer, Foreign Affairs, 15 Mar. 2021
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Allison Smith, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
The winner takes all and the losers are driven to lose their humanity.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 10 May 2025
In Tennessee, the winner takes all when a candidate exceeds two-thirds of the vote.
—Juan Buitrago, The Tennessean, 15 July 2024
Twenty-one are allocated by congressional district — three for each of the seven districts, and the winner takes all the delegates in each district.
—Jennifer De Pinto, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2024
Good polling is accurate within a range, and that range’s importance is magnified in politics versus commercial applications because, in politics, the winner takes all.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 26 May 2023
The advanced democracies with the angriest radical-right movements—the United States, the United Kingdom, and, to a lesser degree, France—are those in which the winner takes all.
—Jonathan Schlefer, Foreign Affairs, 15 Mar. 2021
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“Winner takes all.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/winner%20takes%20all. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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