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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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Its core instrument, the Infrared Sounder, collects temperature profiles and humidity profiles.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Mar. 2026
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Published by Rizzoli, his third title collects many previously unpublished photographs, behind-the-scenes moments, and shares the secrets behind them.—
Marta Martínez Tato,
Vanity Fair,
3 Mar. 2026
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The designation, which Anthropic will fight in court, could become a serious problem for the startup, which earns its revenue through enterprise software sales to companies that might currently or one day want to work with the military in some capacity.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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The winner of this matchup earns the seventh playoff seed.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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Turner assembles a kaleidoscope of archival footage, performance clips, still photography, and interviews with his Arkestra members and contemporary thinkers who map Sun Ra’s long cultural afterlife.—
Lisa Wong Macabasco,
Vogue,
5 Mar. 2026
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The All-Star Orchestra assembles principal players from orchestras in what organizers say is the largest Mozart festival in North America.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Mar. 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 shooter then gathers some belongings and walks back to her car.—
Anna McAllister,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
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The gown draped from the waist with gathers down the center and featured dramatic cape sleeves that flowed from the shoulders to the floor, forming a long train.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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Players can multiply non-jackpot wins up to 10 times when the jackpot is $150 million or less.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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Schnabel’s cinematic canon includes Basquiat, Before Night Falls, and 4x Oscar nominated The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, which earned the filmmaker a Best Director Oscar nom, and Best Director wins at the Cannes Film Festival, Golden Globes and Césars.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
6 Mar. 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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Congress does not have a yay or nay on the merger, but Democratic lawmakers have warned of investigations and other actions, something that will prove much more salient if the party gains control of one or more chambers in the midterms.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
27 Feb. 2026
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And as the movement gains traction, psychologists are stepping in to analyze the phenomenon and its place in public discourse.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Garners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garners. Accessed 8 Mar. 2026.
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