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Recent Examples of gainer
Dow component and Club name Honeywell was a big gainer on the week, while Apple was among laggards.
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Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 14 Feb. 2026
Other top 10 brands spanned nail care (OPI), makeup (Tarte Cosmetics) and body care, with Sol de Janeiro ranking number-five and also being the number-one year-over-year share gainer within the top brands.
—Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 27 Jan. 2026
With time running out, Makihele hit Zamar Reese for a big gainer near midfield, but the Knights were called for holding.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2025
This long gainer was a lot of ground to cover in a flash for the 6-foot-2, 210-pound Colorado State transfer who was a prep star in Los Angeles.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 14 Feb. 2026
Other top 10 brands spanned nail care (OPI), makeup (Tarte Cosmetics) and body care, with Sol de Janeiro ranking number-five and also being the number-one year-over-year share gainer within the top brands.
—Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 27 Jan. 2026
With time running out, Makihele hit Zamar Reese for a big gainer near midfield, but the Knights were called for holding.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2025
This long gainer was a lot of ground to cover in a flash for the 6-foot-2, 210-pound Colorado State transfer who was a prep star in Los Angeles.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gainer
Noun
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Your winner is, of course, Jon Cooper, who helped engineer a late-season turnaround — particularly on defense — that has the Lightning looking, once again, like a real threat.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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The winner of this matchup earns the seventh playoff seed.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Seems to me like yet another history written by the victors.—
Shanti Escalante-De Mattei,
ARTnews.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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But the conflict last year was where Munir pitched himself or projected himself as the victor of that war.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Gainer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gainer. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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