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as in collects
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 earns
to receive as return for effort
a novelist that has garnered praise for his literate police procedurals
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Recent Examples of garners
The cool-girl pair garners plenty of praise, and the kicker?
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Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 7 Feb. 2026
That doesn’t factor in the attention Cade Cunningham garners from defenders, which should generate open looks for Huerter.
—Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
As the advertising event of the year, the Super Bowl garners massive attention from both the media and the general public.
—Charles Taylor, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
As Sports Business Journal reported last year, the CBS rights deal accounts for more than 30 percent of the athletic budgets of West Point and the Naval Academy, and losing the exclusive window would be a major blow to the game, which garners millions of viewers each year.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 18 Jan. 2026
As Teyana Taylor garners acclaim and awards for One Battle After Another, the actress is responding to criticism of her performance.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 18 Jan. 2026
In the time since, Gideon’s has grown from a bicycle-delivery operation to an East End Market stall to a Disney Springs emporium, where fans from around the world stand in line for sweets and coffee and limited-edition collectible merch that garners eBay bids into the hundreds.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2026
If the California initiative garners enough signatures, Newsom and the state legislature could potentially try to block it from appearing on the November ballot by filing an emergency petition with the California Supreme Court.
—Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 7 Jan. 2026
This coming budget season, state leaders will be tempted to boost spending that garners good will today but generates bad consequences tomorrow.
—Andrew Rein, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2026
Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 7 Feb. 2026
That doesn’t factor in the attention Cade Cunningham garners from defenders, which should generate open looks for Huerter.
—Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
As the advertising event of the year, the Super Bowl garners massive attention from both the media and the general public.
—Charles Taylor, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
As Sports Business Journal reported last year, the CBS rights deal accounts for more than 30 percent of the athletic budgets of West Point and the Naval Academy, and losing the exclusive window would be a major blow to the game, which garners millions of viewers each year.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 18 Jan. 2026
As Teyana Taylor garners acclaim and awards for One Battle After Another, the actress is responding to criticism of her performance.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 18 Jan. 2026
In the time since, Gideon’s has grown from a bicycle-delivery operation to an East End Market stall to a Disney Springs emporium, where fans from around the world stand in line for sweets and coffee and limited-edition collectible merch that garners eBay bids into the hundreds.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2026
If the California initiative garners enough signatures, Newsom and the state legislature could potentially try to block it from appearing on the November ballot by filing an emergency petition with the California Supreme Court.
—Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 7 Jan. 2026
This coming budget season, state leaders will be tempted to boost spending that garners good will today but generates bad consequences tomorrow.
—Andrew Rein, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for garners
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But among all denim wearers, there’s a devoted subculture that not only enjoys wearing denim, but also collects, documents and treats the textile as a reflection of their personal history.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
18 Feb. 2026
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Its core instrument, the Infrared Sounder, collects temperature profiles and humidity profiles.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Feb. 2026
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Raised on a strict diet of toughness and discipline by his father, Dean arrives with undeniable talent – and an arrogance that quickly earns him enemies.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026
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The sacrifice lands Eun-jae in the hospital, but also earns her Seong-sin’s complete trust and devotion.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
13 Feb. 2026
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Turquoise Health assembles price data by grouping codes for services together using machine learning, a type of artificial intelligence.—
Darius Tahir,
NPR,
10 Feb. 2026
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Witherspoon shouted in the same way Captain America assembles the Avengers.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Perhaps some enterprising Democrat or Republican will come along who exhibits more faith in our constitutional system, governs with the foresight that there are more elections to come than just the next one — and reaps the benefits.—
David M. Drucker,
Twin Cities,
11 Feb. 2026
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And if the hypotheticals are not enough to dissuade, history is littered with teams trading away their future for immediate glories, seeing their plans implode, and being left with a ruinous future that becomes a hopeless present while another team reaps the benefits.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
30 Jan. 2026
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The development comes as law enforcement gathers more potential evidence and as the search for Guthrie's mother heads into its third week.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Feb. 2026
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The development comes as law enforcement gathers more potential evidence and as the search for Guthrie’s mother heads into its third week.—
Scott Bauer,
Fortune,
17 Feb. 2026
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Mizzou has some big Quad 1 SEC wins, too, including its most recent over A&M.—
Ally Schniepp,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2026
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The game has a progressive jackpot that grows until someone wins and in her case, the prize was $768,201, officials said.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Feb. 2026
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Anne’s trip to the countryside opens up the series both physically and thematically by acknowledging that Irish life and history exist outside Dublin and that while the Guinness family amasses power and plays at politics, others are living a much different existence.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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Later, Harper returns the favor, watching with rapt admiration when Eric pivots and gains a foothold during a CNN confrontation with Tender’s inscrutable CFO Whitney (Max Minghella), who is fighting against a new audit for his fiscally defunct company.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
15 Feb. 2026
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Germany, meanwhile, gains political flexibility and a partner more aligned with big-picture EU politics.—
Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Garners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garners. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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