garnered

[gahr-nerd]

adjective

1. gathered, deposited, or stored in or as if in a granary or other storage place.

   L. E. Landon once observed, "We love music for the buried hopes, the garnered memories, and the tender feelings it can summon."

2. acquired or earned.

   With a recently garnered award, this popular fragrance has become the year’s best-selling cologne.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of garner.

Other Word Forms

• ungarnered adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of garnered¹

garner ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Manufacturing cobots are a far cry from the humanoid robots which have garnered so much attention of late.

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Schools that garnered top scores for learning environment included Babson, Washington and Lee University and Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, and Brigham Young University in Utah.

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Le Pen’s party garnered more seats than any other, but not enough for a majority, while Macron and his allies saw their ranks shrink to a mere 161 votes in the 577-seat lower house.

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Israel’s bombing campaign and its months-long blockade have triggered famine in Gaza , authorities say, and garnered accusations from a U.N. commission of inquiry and international legal bodies that the U.S. ally is carrying out genocide.

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Many of those videos garnered more than a million views and earned him several hundred thousand followers.

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