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spoils

noun as in possessions stolen or gained

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Brazil expects the fund to generate $4 billion a year for conservation and, according to its latest concept note, has identified 74 forest-rich nations that could split the spoils.

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So the spoils go to those that can build data centers fastest.

One day the administration is full force America First isolationism, and the next finds it blowing up boats full of civilians in international waters, with the president proclaiming “to the victors go the spoils.”

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The republican ethos was to loot defeated enemies and share your good fortune by allowing your fellow citizens into your home to view the spoils.

But it did feel like a callback to an incandescent era — a young band enjoying its spoils at L.A.’s most infamous party palace.

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

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