GARNER Synonyms: 115 Similar and Opposite Words

garner

verb

ˈgär-nər

Definition of garner

as in to collect

to bring together in one body or place a prisoner garnering food bit by bit and hiding it in his pillow an array of rock bands garnered from all over the country by the promoters of the festival

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as in to earn

to receive as return for effort a novelist that has garnered praise for his literate police procedurals

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Recent Examples of garner Even The Midnight Club, which was canceled after one season when Flanagan left Netflix, still garnered a substantial viewership. — Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026 The show garnered seven Emmy nominations this year, including Outstanding Cinematography for a Series and Outstanding Contemporary Makeup. — Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026 Job hunting is a two-way street, and candidates who treat the application process this way will garner better results. — Michelle Perchuk, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026 Over the weekend, Amodei published an essay arguing for the intentional slowing of the pace of model development, garnering support from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and SpaceX's Elon Musk. — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for garner

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Earlier this year, Johnson ordered Chicago police to collect evidence for possible felony charges against agents.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
After varying the ratios of grass to hay and corn, the milk was then collected to make Cantal cheese and analyzed both in labs and by a jury of consumer experts.

— Vivian Song, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of collect

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This is an exciting step forward for Eisenberg the director, who had a breakthrough a couple of years ago with the lovely A Real Pain, which earned co-star Kieran Culkin an Academy Award.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2026
This confidence is also hard to earn, due to a long Premier League season.

— Beren Cross, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of earn

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Every autumn, as the bay freezes, hundreds of these bears gather around it before heading out across the ice, and thousands of tourists come to see them.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 6 Sep. 2026
As my family gathered at my younger brother's apartment in downtown Philadelphia the next day, the mood was deeply heavy.

— Laurel Dalrymple, NPR, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of gather

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Insights gained from the pilot project will form the basis for a potential future application of these materials in series-production battery cells.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026
After a first dose, people gain protective antibodies quickly and immunity levels peak within about two weeks.

— Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of gain

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The latest contract builds on work that began in 2023, when GE Aerospace received initial funding for concept development and assembled the team that would work on the platform.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
The football players receive 60 minutes against a roster that is usually bigger, faster, stronger and assembled with exponentially more money.

— Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of assemble

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Tavares, 11 days shy of his 36th birthday, hopes to reap some benefits from the living arrangement, too.

— Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
In today’s music industry, when artists aren’t reaping the full benefits of the recording economy because of streaming platforms, the live experience is as vital as ever.

— Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of reap

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Speakers noted the Republican nominee's oil and gas investments as the energy sector amasses profits while the Iran war drives up fuel costs.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
An elegant attacking batter, Ganguly scored 16 test and 22 one-day international centuries, amassing more than 18,000 runs across both formats.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of amass

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The three felines have appeared alongside the award-winning singer in the past, including music videos, tour promo clips and even magazine covers.

— Anna Chan, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2026
The core loop asks the player to choose a character, play, win coins and improve characters or balls.

— Michal Rahamim, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026

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