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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 The Cleveland Rockers were one of the first teams in the inception of the league in 1997 until the team was dissolved in 2003 and the Detroit Shock played from 1998 to 2009 which included four conference titles and three WNBA championships in 2003, 2006, and 2008. Allison Smith, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025 Racial tensions, conflict and ultimately the state championship. Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2025 In the final five of Parker’s 13 seasons here, the team went 108-50 and reached the Finals twice while winning their third championship. Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2025 Holloway’s championship run ended in December 2019 when Alexander Volkanovski beat him by decision. Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for championship
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  • Legacy job titles and career paths are swiftly entering extinction, and will be entirely obsolete by 2030.
    Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
  • God Will Not Help was among 17 titles announced on Tuesday as having been selected for Locarno’s International Competition alongside pictures such as Ben Rivers’ Mare’s Nest, Radu Jude’s Dracula and Abdellatif Kechiche’s Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 July 2025

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“Championship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/championship. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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