gain

Example Sentences

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For decades, corporate executives have been quashing workers’ efforts to gain a fair reward for their labor.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

What’s different this time, Bechtel says, is that fusion has finally passed a key milestone—achieving net energy gain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

The US is also negotiating a minerals deal with DR Congo to help gain access to the central African country's vast reserves of key metals such as cobalt, tantalum, lithium and copper.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

“My main issue is that he has gotten financial gain off of these people suffering,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

A prince can gain their favour in various ways, but because these vary according to the situation, no fixed rules can be given for them, and therefore I shall not discuss them.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli