Definition of championshipnext
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the position occupied by the one who comes in first in a competition the Yankees have won the championship many times

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Recent Examples of championship Three more championships under Bird helped keep the team’s momentum high, and the new Climate Pledge Arena and training facility (designed by Spero Valavanis, the father of Storm CEO and president Alisha Valavanis) helped provide the team with the resources to grow. Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 6 June 2026 In fairness, the NBA’s young stars usually experience playoff failure before hoisting a championship trophy. Mark Medina, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026 Their father, Ron Harper, won five NBA championships during a 15-year career, and now both of his sons have reached the league. Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026 And ticket prices on the secondary market, for the worst seats at MSG, were approaching $9,000 apiece on Friday night, with Knicks fans evidently willing to pay tippy-top dollar just to be in the building as the team nears what would be its first championship in 53 years. CBS News, 6 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for championship
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  • When reconstructing the Inquisition trial of a sixteenth-century northern Italian miller, historian Carlo Ginzburg encountered a line that would eventually inspire the title of his paradigm-shifting study The Cheese and the Worms.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
  • More recently, footage released Wednesday showed Gaethje using the FBI Headquarters as part of his preparation for his lightweight title fight against Ilia Topuria at UFC Freedom 250.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 June 2026

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“Championship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/championship. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.

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