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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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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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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
A number of winners serve the unhoused.
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Sharon Chin, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
Girls individual winners at the Ron Peters tourney included Lake Mary’s Cayden Flories and Zaria Slater.
—Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
Among the winners for TV, music and other media catefories at last year’s 36th GLAAD Awards were Hacks, Agatha All Along, Baby Reindeer, Doechii, Will & Harper, The View, RuPaul’s Drag Race, The Advocate and NBC News.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026
Winning it all in 2025 required 72 runs, the fifth-lowest of the 14 title winners since the Wild Card game was implemented in 2012.
—Katie Woo, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
The winners will be announced at the 78th Annual DGA Awards on Saturday, February 7, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 7 Jan. 2026
Organizations that adopt this mindset at scale in the coming years will be the true winners—in the marketplace, within their communities, and even on the battlefield.
—Phil Gilbert, Fortune, 12 Nov. 2025
See the full list of 2025 Golden Globes winners.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 6 Jan. 2025
There were no $2 million or $1 million winners in Saturday’s drawing, and no one hit the jackpot, results show.
—Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for winners
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Your questions and comments as well as gardening conundrums and successes are always welcome.—
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Like past speeches, Newsom will tout the successes of California, now the world’s fourth-largest economy.—
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The old immigrants are likely to remain—in the manner of the occasional Wasp legatee (Wagner, Lindsay) who poked in during the buoyant sixties—more visitors to wars over civic power than victors in them.—
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Last year, both of the SAG Awards' supporting category winners (Zoe Saldaña, Kieran Culkin) went on to win at the Oscars, while lead acting victors Demi Moore and Chalamet lost their corresponding Academy Awards categories to Mikey Madison and Adrien Brody, respectively.—
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Paperwork snafu Two-time reigning pairs figure skating national champions Alisa Efimova and husband Misha Mitrofanov qualified for the Winter Olympics in Milan next month, but are ineligible because Efimova isn't an American citizen.—
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The San Diego Wave will open their 2026 season at home and play the defending National Women’s Soccer League champions on July 4, part of a season schedule released by the club on Thursday.—
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Like a puck zipping into a net at warp speed as the home crowd roars, Heated Rivalry has quickly and fiercely become one of the biggest surprise hits in recent memory.—
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As a result, the film sees Jackman and Hudson perform a collection of Diamond's beloved hits, which jogged Moore’s memory.—
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Some as conquerors, some as Crusaders.—
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At the same time, the New World’s conquerors mocked the idea of humanity’s oneness, laying the foundation for race supremacy.—
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The Panthers are the reigning NFC South champs.—
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The Eagles were the defending Super Bowl champs.—
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Camera Cinemas — the independent outfit led by Jack NyBlom, Jim Zuur and Dennis Skaggs — came in, renovated and added four auditoriums and reopened in July 2002 with a combo of first-run blockbusters and independent movies.—
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His super-sized action hero persona dazzled Californians like the pyrotechnics in one of his Hollywood blockbusters.—
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Miguel had brought Reina’s résumé to Nakia as one of two finalists, the other finalist being a guy who had done a year at Le Cordon Bleu.—
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“Winners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/winners. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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