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
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.