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winningest

American  
[win-ing-ist] / ˈwɪn ɪŋ ɪst /

adjective

Informal.
  1. winning most often.

    the winningest coach in college basketball.

  2. most winning or charming.

    the winningest smile in town.


Etymology

Origin of winningest

First recorded in 1970–75; winning + -est 1

Example Sentences

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We are the winningest program of 1962 to 2010.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Since then, she has become history’s all-time winningest skier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

He was in his second year at the helm of college football’s winningest program, poised to lead Michigan into an upcoming bowl game versus Texas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

With 35 trophies to her name, the pop superstar is the winningest artist in the nearly seven-decade history of music’s most prestigious awards show; with 99 nods, she’s the most-nominated act of all time too.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

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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