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• n  the contestant who wins the contest
• n  a gambler who wins a bet
• n  a person with a record of successes
  only winners need apply

• The abolition of state-by-state, winner-take-all electoral votes would speed the disintegration of the already weakened two-party system.
• As the National Spelling Bee celebrates its 80th anniversary, the question arises: what do the winners go on to do? A sampling of the champions from 1986 to 1992 reveals a few .
• Led by three 20-game winners (Mike Cuellar, 24 wins; Dave McNally, 24; and Jim Palmer, 20), Baltimore's stamp was its starting pitching and defense, which led the league in lowest .

• victor
• achiever
• success
• succeeder

• loser

News & Articles

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• Senate winner will inherit fishing crisis
  BOSTON -- The winner of Tuesday's special election for the U.S. Senate will face a number of issues, but perhaps none tougher than representing a diminished and dispirited Massachusetts fishing fleet in the midst of an industry crisis and a federally
  June 22, 2013 - Gloucester Daily Times
• First winner for Two Step Salsa strikes at Churchill
  Conquest Two Step, from the first crop of Group 2 winner Two Step Salsa and a $420,000 purchase earlier this year, became the first winner for his sire as he scored a two-length victory in his career debut Friday at Churchill Downs.
  June 21, 2013 - Daily Racing Form
• Senate winner inherits fishing industry in crisis
  The winner of the special election for U.S. Senate will face the tough work of representing a diminished and dispirited Massachusetts fishing fleet in the midst of an industry crisis. Republican businessman ...
  June 20, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Chris Bosh in National Post
  I think Dwyane said it earlier: We're ready to sacrifice a lot of things in order to do that,Bosh said. "It's not about the money; it's not about anything else except for winning. I'ma winner, Dwyane's a winner, and we're going to bring...
• Jaroslaw Kaczynski in AFP
  I congratulate the winner. I congratulate Bronislaw Komorowski,the eurosceptic Kaczynski said in a speech at his Warsaw headquarters, as supporters gasped when the figures were revealed the moment voting ended.
• Evel Knievel in FOXNews
  I became part of their lives,Knievel says. "People wanted to associate with a winner, not a loser. They wanted to associate with someone who kept trying to be a winner."