championships

plural of championship
as in titles
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 championships Now down 3-0 and on the verge of a Brewers sweep, the Boys in Blue will fight to stay in the postseason and continue their quest for back-to-back-to-back World Series championships. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Russia planned to demand the world championships be stripped of their Olympic qualifier status over the issue, sports minister Mikhail Degtyaryov wrote on social media on Tuesday. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026 Valkyries coach Natalie Nakase has extensive WNBA experience, winning two championships with the Las Vegas Aces in 2022 and ‘23. — Rod Beard, AJC.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Scrapping the conference championships will have no material impact on the annual rivalry games, which per tradition will continue to be staged on Thanksgiving weekend. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Though Ohtani’s arrival kicked off the Dodgers’ back-to-back championships, this isn’t his first time slumping in the postseason. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 In just the last two years, the team won back-to-back championships and ranked among the league’s top three most expensive payrolls. — Isaac Tellechea, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026 Her games with Serbia’s National Team in the 2025 FIBA European championships were a little closer to UConn-level crowds. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 13 Oct. 2026 The Italian also won the time trial world championships in 2020 and 2021, finishing second to Remco Evenepoel in Montreal last month. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2026
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  • New England has set the division’s standard for much of this century, winning 17 AFC East titles from 2001 through 2025, including an NFL-record 11 straight from 2009 through 2019.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026

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“Championships.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/championships. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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