as in champions
the person who comes in first in a competition
the wrestling champ
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as in chews
to crush or grind with the teeth
kept champing a cigar as he barked out orders
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Recent Examples of champs
Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
That opening night doubleheader features the Houston Rockets at the Oklahoma City Thunder (Kevin Durant back in OKC as the defending champs get their rings), followed by the Golden State Warriors at Los Angeles Lakers (Stephen Curry and Jimmy Butler versus LeBron James and Luka Dončić).
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
With deals spanning across performance beasts, camera champs, and everyday essentials, there’s something here for every type of user.
—Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
Done with the blessing of Major League Baseball, the collection spans apparel, accessories and equipment with artwork in honor of the World Series champs.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
That doesn’t mean each of these top teams is without a potential fatal flaw or three — even the two-time defending champs and the two-time defending runners up.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025
Other Cup Series champs in the final 12 are Joey Logano (2018, ‘22 and ‘24), Chase Elliott (2020) and Ryan Blaney (’23) .
—Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
Three weeks later, the Eagles were NFL champs after blowouts of Washington in the NFC Championship Game and Kansas City in Super Bowl 59.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
The reigning Super Bowl champs.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
While the Cowboys and Chiefs have gone about their usual business of scaring up impressions, last year’s ratings champs have yet to really pounce on the Nielsen dials.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
That opening night doubleheader features the Houston Rockets at the Oklahoma City Thunder (Kevin Durant back in OKC as the defending champs get their rings), followed by the Golden State Warriors at Los Angeles Lakers (Stephen Curry and Jimmy Butler versus LeBron James and Luka Dončić).
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
With deals spanning across performance beasts, camera champs, and everyday essentials, there’s something here for every type of user.
—Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
Done with the blessing of Major League Baseball, the collection spans apparel, accessories and equipment with artwork in honor of the World Series champs.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
That doesn’t mean each of these top teams is without a potential fatal flaw or three — even the two-time defending champs and the two-time defending runners up.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025
Other Cup Series champs in the final 12 are Joey Logano (2018, ‘22 and ‘24), Chase Elliott (2020) and Ryan Blaney (’23) .
—Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
Three weeks later, the Eagles were NFL champs after blowouts of Washington in the NFC Championship Game and Kansas City in Super Bowl 59.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
The reigning Super Bowl champs.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for champs
Noun
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Liverpool remain top of the Premier League table with five wins out of six, and being narrowly beaten by Turkish champions Galatasaray should not prevent them from making it through to the knockout stages of the Champions League.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Having failed to win any of the three trophies the team played for so far this year, Inter Miami is highly motivated to repeat as Supporters’ Shield champions and win the first MLS Cup in club history.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The industry chews people up and spits them (and their dreams) right back out.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Mussolini stomps and swirls around, the camera keeping him and his increasingly frenzied supporters in sight.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
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The guy just f****** stomps right on my face.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The opening sequence, where McGuigan shamelessly apes Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes, is reasonably entertaining, and McAvoy masticates the scenery with a winking fervor that befits the project, but the whole thing is unforgivably half-baked.—
Dan Sheehan,
Literary Hub,
12 Mar. 2021
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In the middle of 25th St, a man opens a red stanchion and ushers us toward a guard who stamps invisible ink on our wrists.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Champs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/champs. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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