prevail

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Recent Examples of prevail While one independent poll showed Mamdani within range of Cuomo and prevailing in the final round, most of the polls consistently showed Cuomo ahead. Jared Gans, The Hill, 25 June 2025 But employment can also increase in places where there is less competition for workers and where the minimum wage hike is moderate relative to prevailing wages. Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025 The course will pack a wallop, too The field can expect a much tougher venue than the one in 2021 that allowed Patrick Cantlay and Bryson DeChambeau to finish 72 holes at 27-under par before Cantlay prevailed in a six-hole playoff. Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2025 Yet mutual distrust has at times prevailed, with both sides occasionally accusing one another of failing to uphold their side of security commitments. Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for prevail
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Verb
  • But Penn State, which licenses intellectual property to create vintage and throwback apparel, won.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 1 July 2025
  • What’s better than buying winning lottery jackpot tickets?
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • To survive, pedal builders are doing something unusual in a competitive business: turning to one another for help.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 July 2025
  • The measure narrowly survived the Senate after a marathon session ended with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote Tuesday.
    Caitlin Yilek July 1, CBS News, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • Sanders’ draft slide lasted until the third day, when Cleveland selected him.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 29 June 2025
  • Sunday's flight lasted about 10 minutes and 33 seconds, allowing the civilian crew a chance to unbuckle from their seats and briefly experience weightlessness in the capsule.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 29 June 2025

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“Prevail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prevail. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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