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gaining
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- our hopes were raised as the movement gained strength
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- gained her affections with his boyishly shy manner
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- is steadily gaining after his bout with the flu and will be back on his feet soon
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- coming back,
- convalescing,
- healing,
- mending,
- pulling round
- [chiefly British],
- rallying,
- recouping,
- recovering,
- recuperating,
- snapping back
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- the new version of the car gained in both width and length compared to the earlier model
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- vowed to gain control of the company by any means necessary
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- achieving,
- attaining,
- bagging,
- chalking up,
- clocking (up)
- [chiefly British],
- hitting,
- logging,
- making,
- notching (up),
- racking up,
- ringing up,
- scoring,
- winning
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- the radical party was able to gain some supporters with intense recruitment on college campuses
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“Gaining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaining. Accessed 21 Oct. 2021.
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