winningest
Americanadjective
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winning most often.
the winningest coach in college basketball.
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most winning or charming.
the winningest smile in town.
Etymology
Origin of winningest
Example Sentences
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Still, the game will have meaning for France since it will be the final match for coach Didier Deschamps, the winningest World Cup manager in history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
We are the winningest program of 1962 to 2010.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
That earned them a fifth straight trip to the playoffs and a first-round meeting with the Colorado Avalanche, the league’s winningest team, beginning Sunday in Denver.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
The City Section’s winningest football coach with 300 career wins and a longtime P.E. teacher at Crenshaw High was placed on administrative leave last August on the eve of Crenshaw’s football opener.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
When I went to Big Creek, Coach Merrill Gainer, the winningest coach in southern West Virginia history, took one look at me lost inside the practice gear and ordered me off his football field.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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