earn

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Recent Examples of earn It’s earned over 13,000 five-star ratings, some of which came from solo female travelers, like myself. Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 9 Feb. 2025 Jalen Hurts threw for two touchdowns and ran for a score on a tush push to earn Super Bowl MVP honors, and Vic Fangio’s defense was so dominant that the Eagles didn’t need much from Saquon Barkley. Rob Maaddi, The Denver Post, 9 Feb. 2025 This accomplishment earned Daigle two Grammy Awards and solidified her status in both the Christian and mainstream music scenes. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 9 Feb. 2025 Lane Johnson, Jordan Mailata, Mekhi Becton, Landon Dickerson and Cam Jurgens have provided massive holes for Barkley to run through and have earned themselves Rolexes. Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 9 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for earn 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for earn
Verb
  • The only one making it to trial brought by Bragg — the cover-up of hush money payments to women after Trump first won the White House.
    Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Quarterback Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills won the award in a close vote over Lamar Jackson of the Baltimore Ravens.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Both these talented stars deserve so much better than this forgettable material.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2025
  • What had Tantalus done to deserve such eternal agony, sustenance always just out of reach?
    Daniel Seifert, JSTOR Daily, 5 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • While markers of bone growth improved in both groups, only the vest set gained better balance.
    Jolene Edgar, Allure, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Team Lotus also gained access to Honda's engines in 1987, winning two grands prix that year.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 11 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • But there’s a timely chill to its slowly spiraling demonstration of how easily communities can thrill to any man brazen enough to declare himself closer to God than others, and toxic enough to reap the benefits of that trust for himself alone.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Seniors deserve to reap the full benefits of their hard work from career-long contributions to Social Security and the Railroad Retirement Plan.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Reynosa, Mexico is just across the border from McAllen, Texas, and currently garners a Level 4 Travel Warning from the U.S. State Department: Do Not Travel.
    Brad Wolf, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • In recent years, the net worth of various members of Congress has been garnering more attention, especially those that have tens of millions of dollars in assets.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • LaVine became the Bulls’ all-time leader in 3-pointers made this season, passing Kirk Hinrich.
    Anthony Slater, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The Cavaliers made 16 3-pointers in the first half and finished with 26 in total.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Investigators obtained a search warrant that led to the identification of evidence linking the man to the robbery, according to the release.
    Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Through this venture, Hyatt obtained the Bahia Principe Hotels & Resorts brands in Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe.
    Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Both Arsenal and Manchester City got the job done in the Champions League in midweek with Arsenal securing automatic progress while City scraped their way through to the play-off places.
    Darren Richman, The Athletic, 2 Feb. 2025
  • The Chicago Sky just got bigger — and a whole lot better from behind the arc — in the first official day of WNBA free agency.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025

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“Earn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earn. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.

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