GARNERS Synonyms: 115 Similar and Opposite Words

garners

verb

present tense third-person singular of garner

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 Unless one candidate garners more than 50% of the votes to outright win the seat, the top two vote-getters will move on to the November general election ballot. —

Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 3 June 2026 Their Instagram account garners 12,500 followers — more than double and sometimes triple that of most MLP teams. —

Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2026 What few efforts do exist to address alcohol’s harms have been overshadowed by the opioid crisis, a parallel drug epidemic that attracts more funding, spurs more policy change, and garners more media attention despite being vastly less deadly. —

Lev Facher, STAT, 12 May 2026 Unless one candidate garners more than 50% of votes in the June 2 primary to outright win the seat, the top two vote-getters will move on to the November general election ballot. —

Claire Wang, Oc Register, 8 May 2026 If neither Bass nor Raman garners more that 50% of the vote, as occurred in the now incumbent’s battle with developer Rick Caruso in 2022, then the election goes to a runoff on November 3, the same day as the potentially seismic midterms. —

Dominic Patten, Deadline, 1 May 2026 Interacting with an audience is now an essential journalistic value as the engagement garners an audience’s attention. —

Kirstin Pellizzaro, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026 Still, celebrities have to grapple with the reputational risks of leaning into a technology that garners widespread public distrust. —

Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026 O’Had garners the honor, known as the John Brophy Award, following a campaign in which KC captured the Brabham Cup with the league’s top win/loss record. —

The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026

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If the Knicks clutch victory, customers win a free meal and the bar collects over $13,000 from its Kalshi contract.

— Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 3 June 2026
Revelations about the contribution come ahead of a potentially historic primary election in which voters will decide whether to dramatically reshape how the state collects taxes.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2026