winnings
Example Sentences
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Ami recalls making "phone call after phone call" chasing her winnings.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
“When winnings come in, my advice is simple: Sweep it, don’t stake it,” Judge said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Several of the officers whom Flores taped said he often talked about wanting to win the “LAPD lottery,” meaning he intended to sue the department and retire on his winnings, according to the motion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
As Thaler and Johnson wrote: “Until the winnings are completely depleted, losses are coded as reductions in a gain, as if losing some of ‘their money’ doesn’t hurt as much as losing one’s own cash.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
They packed their clothes and a few boatbuilding tools, used their winnings from their races to book passage in steerage to Halifax, aboard the steamship Tunisian, and set sail from Liverpool.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
