gains
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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The greatest gains in fitness come when unfit people start exercising, not when fit people exercise more.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
Unless the trust is set up to pass those gains through, the trust may still owe taxes on them, even if it distributes that $300,000 in regular income every year.
From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026
First-quarter profits for S&P 500 companies jumped 28%, while chip makers and quantum computing firms saw significant gains this week.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
The S&P 500 index saw its eighth straight week of gains, and the Dow industrials hit a record high on $2 billion in federal incentives for nine quantum computing companies.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
The backlash against the gains of African Americans in the Reconstruction Era was swift and severe.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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