gainer

Example Sentences

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“As we’ve seen throughout the post-pandemic period, healthcare was the big gainer among sectors, responsible for nearly all of the gains,” said Michael Bernick, a former director of the state jobs agency.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Endeavour Mining is the index’s second largest gainer, up 2.5%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

In the past decade, Stryker has outgrown its peers by 2.5 percentage points a year, so it is a share gainer.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

Cyber-platform and threat-intelligence company CrowdStrike, a strong gainer, has announced a number of acquisitions in recent months, including Pangea, which makes AI security tools, for $260 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

He did the same lousy old half gainer all day long.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger