PREVAILED Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

prevailed

verb

past tense of prevail

as in won

to achieve victory (as in a contest) we shall prevail despite the overwhelming odds

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as in survived

to continue to operate or to meet one's needs a custom that still prevails in many areas of Africa

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Recent Examples of prevailed In the end, Lula's message of continuity and a focus on social spending prevailed. — Catherine Osborn, NPR, 26 Oct. 2026 In an October exhibition game that felt more like a game in late March, Duke prevailed over the Kansas Jayhawks 90-84 in just the Blue Devils’ second trip ever to Allen Fieldhouse. — Dominick Williams october 25, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026 In December 2022, lawmakers eliminated one-way attorney fees in property insurance cases, a protection that had allowed policyholders who sued their insurers and prevailed to recover legal fees. — Matthew T. Christ, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026 In the first round, Bolsonaro won in Manaus, the state capital and largest city, while Lula prevailed in interior municipalities, including those in the Javari Valley. — Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 The only time the NFC East winner had a losing record came in 2020, when the Washington Football Team prevailed with a 7-9 mark and lost 31-23 in the wild-card round to Tom Brady and the eventual Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers. — Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Oct. 2026 Had the initial choice for substrate prevailed, the patch of cherry orchards around Palo Alto would be called Germanium Valley. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 San Francisco had a bit easier of a time with the Dolphins than the Cardinals, but prevailed in each. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026 Even if cooler heads had not quite prevailed by this point in the episode, the concluding plot twist would have forced matters in that direction. — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026

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Meanwhile, national Republicans are attempting to mobilize the state’s conservative voters around Marshall in a state Trump won with 57% of the vote in 2024.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
In 2022, Lula summoned his old populist magnetism, built a coalition large enough to defeat Bolsonaro, and won a third term.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of won

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The grant pays for the organizations to train staff in exercise oncology, to develop or expand programs to help those who have had, or survived cancer.

— Adam Thompson, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
The federal accident report is rather scant, and since no one aboard survived to tell the story, what went wrong on that day has largely remained a mystery.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of survived

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The rest is very long, because stories are always long, even when a life hasn’t failed or triumphed, like mine, even when a life is nothing more than a bit of space and many hours together.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
But inside, Sweeney’s vision triumphed over Wright’s, who, despite many passionate memos, was unable to convince Harry to interfere.

— Wendy S. Walters, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of triumphed

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The two genetic variants are also ancient, suggesting that the difference has persisted over evolutionary timescales.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Even where efforts to build democratic institutions have faltered, as after the Arab Spring, liberal ideas have nonetheless persisted and expanded.

— Mansoor Moaddel, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026