gainer
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a person or thing that gains
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Also called: full gainer. a type of dive in which the diver leaves the board facing forward and completes a full backward somersault to enter the water feet first with his back to the diving board Compare half gainer
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The idea that hot tech stocks are immune to the pressures of rising interest rates helped make the tech sector the only gainer in the S&P 500 last month.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 4, 2026
Lumentum’s stock has been a major gainer over the past 12 months, as networking components like transceivers and lasers have proven essential to data-center buildouts — such that they’re now in short supply.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Out of its peer group, D-Wave was by far the biggest gainer last year, meaning the stock has limited room to run.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Google parent Alphabet was the biggest gainer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Monday after it replaced Verizon in the blue-chip index.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
A partygoer—one of the paid ones—did a perfect triple gainer off the diving board, the splash leaving a streak across the High Blade’s heavy robe.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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