garnered
Americanadjective
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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."
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acquired or earned.
With a recently garnered award, this popular fragrance has become the year’s best-selling cologne.
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ABC’s telecast of the 2026 ceremony averaged 17.9 million viewers, down 9% from the previous year, when it garnered 19.7 million viewers.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
An 85-mile stretch of Louisiana, running southeast from Baton Rouge, hosts such a concentration of heavy industry that it long ago garnered the nickname “Cancer Alley.”
From Salon • May 10, 2026
Posts advancing the claim garnered 80 million views on Elon Musk's platform X alone within two days of the shooting, according to the disinformation watchdog NewsGuard.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
Huggins, whose petition has garnered more than 300 signatures at the time of writing, described artificial grass as being a "ticking time bomb".
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
Although these questions might seem to be simple, they reflect a depth of music knowledge garnered throughout a lifetime of cultural exposure to music.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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