winners

noun

plural of winner
1
as in successes
a person or thing that is successful the movie was panned by the critics but has been a winner at the box office

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2
as in victors
one that defeats an enemy or opponent the winner of any given war is usually the one who gets to write the history of that war

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3
as in champions
the person who comes in first in a competition the other finalists graciously congratulated the winner

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Recent Examples of winners There are also plenty of trainers – two-time Triple Crown winner Bob Baffert among them – who rarely balk at running Derby winners back two weeks later in the Preakness. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026 By contrast, the clearest long-term winners treated the creation of customer value as primary and used digital technology, and later AI, as means to that end. — Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026 All this does is strengthen a tired argument that has existed in baseball since the ‘90s; that market size dictates the winners. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Aug. 2026 The two schools have combined to win 22 national championships and produce 15 Heisman Trophy winners, and the discontinuation prompted consternation on both sides. — ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026 Cyrus Mewawalla, head of strategic intelligence at GlobalData, said cloud-heavy hyperscalers are being rewarded for turning AI investment into sales, sharpening the split between winners and losers. — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026 The winners of each bracket advance to the championship game, which will be this coming Sunday. — Steve Gorches, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026 The Mariners were walk-off winners on Saturday, beating the Twins 4-3 at T-Mobile Park. — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 2 Aug. 2026 The reigning championship winners moving on were Rich Fendley from Bowdon to Rockmart and Kenny Dallas from Hebron Christian to full-time pastorship. — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 27 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for winners
  1. successes
  2. victors
  3. champions
  4. hits
  5. conquerors
  6. champs
  7. blockbusters
  8. finalists
Noun
  • Investors are also curious to hear more about the Starship rocket launches after some hurdles – and successes – in July.
    — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Investing in areas across finance, technology and real estate, as well as diverse sustainability initiatives in areas such as urban development and renewable energy, requires constant reinvention, rather than remaining focused on past successes.
    — David Henkin, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of successes
Noun
  • Historically, this theory does not stand up to much scrutiny and, in fact, suggests an even more concentrated list of victors.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The victors, be warned, may well attempt some singing of their own at the end.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
Definition of victors
Noun
  • The blockbuster earned the fictional K-pop girl group Huntr/x, as well as Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami, their first champions on the ranking.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Kuwaki already has won twice this year and is fourth on the money list on the Japan LPGA, the tour that has produced five recent major champions, including Yamashita, Mao Saigo, Yuka Saso and Ayaka Furue.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of champions
Noun
  • Then, in the ninth, Boston strung together three hits and a walk, but Eli White lined out to center field to end the game.
    — Curt Anderson, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026
  • George Kirby allowed one run on four hits, but exited after five innings with 99 pitches.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of hits
Noun
  • Barcelona and Manchester City (in both domestic cups) were their elite conquerors in those competitions, though the 7-2 scoreline of the second leg at Camp Nou was embarrassing.
    — The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 26 May 2026
  • Football, too, was brought to colonies by conquerors, only to be embraced by the conquered and remade anew.
    — Franklin Leonard, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026
Definition of conquerors
Noun
  • Outside of winning golf’s Grand Slam, repeating as Super Bowl champs is the hardest feat in sports.
    — Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Others like Washington, Iowa and Illinois frequently fly under the radar as tough places to play, and home games in Bloomington are going to reach a whole new level now that the Hoosiers are defending champs.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of champs
Noun
  • In the eighties, cinema would gravitate toward clear messages and sleek blockbusters, many of them action movies.
    — Leo Lasdun, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Summer blockbusters typically experience significant second-weekend declines, particularly after record-breaking openings.
    — David Deal, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of blockbusters
Noun
  • Gilgeous-Alexander — the reigning NBA MVP — is one of the finalists for this year’s top individual honor, along with Denver’s Nikola Jokic and the Spurs’ Wembanyama, who is also a finalist for defensive player of the year.
    — Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Auriemma, Ralph named Coach of the Year finalists UConn coach Geno Auriemma was also named a finalist for Naismith Coach of the Year on Wednesday.
    — Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2026
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