gains
Britishplural noun
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The research body found that subsidies help the supported companies gain market share from their rivals, driving a little more than a fifth of the gains seen between 2005 and 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
If you sell your stock, you will pay capital gains on the price at the time your father bought the stock.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
The findings, published in Conservation Letters, suggest that governments risk undermining conservation gains when they fail to address the long-term financial and social costs that wildlife recovery can place on local residents.
From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026
Other studies have shown students making gains with purpose-built AI tutors, particularly when teachers are directly involved.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
While the train gains speed everybody rushes for the ladders and scrambles for a safe place where they cannot be grabbed and forced back from their goal of El Norte.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
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