How to Use gain in a Sentence

gain

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  • The medication can cause nausea and weight gain.
  • JetBlue spiked 11% on the news before paring the gain to 5.9%.
    — Madlin Mekelburg, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Wage gains have cooled, but are also faster than pre-2020.
    — Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Learned to love working out as a gain for my mental health.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024
  • However, after a huge 69-yard gain, the Cards found the end zone again and went up by 12.
    — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • The gains mark a stark contrast from their performance this year.
    — Hardika Singh, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Queen stripped Mitchell while bringing him down for a quick gain, firing up the defense.
    — Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2023
  • But the good times may not last, experts said, predicting a downturn in the coming months that could erase some of the gains.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The tech-heavy index jumped 2%, its biggest one-day percentage gain since May 26.
    — Hannah Miao, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Those gains, though, were offset by a 1.2% drop in sales at Family Dollar stores.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Mega-cap tech stocks also saw notable gains, even against the backdrop of a broader market sell-off.
    — Krystal Hur, CNN, 25 June 2023
  • The party made unexpected gains in the House of Delegates that year.
    — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Over the following year and half, the index gave back nearly all of those gains when valuations came back to earth, but 1995 was the start of the bubble, not the end.
    — Bywill Daniel, Fortune, 12 June 2023
  • At the end of May, wiping out the gains of just the top seven contributors of the S&P 500 would have negated the index's year-to-date total return at the time.
    — WSJ, 27 July 2023
  • San Diego’s biggest annual gains are similar to the rest of the nation, but just at a much higher rate.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Community Health Systems picked up a sizable 5.6% gain to pace the field.
    — al, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Some people might welcome the timing of the emergence of a sibling (after extreme loss, here is a gain), but for you the timing could not be worse.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Ashford completed just one pass in three attempts for no gain.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Still, prices remain sharply lower than last winter and Wednesday’s gains only marked a two-month high.
    — WSJ, 10 Aug. 2023
  • In fact, shoppers cut their buying in October, ending six straight months of gains.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The coin saw its biggest single-day gain in three months following the news on Thursday, which sent it to a high of about 52 cents, up from 47 cents earlier in the day.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Crypto, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Yes, cardio may burn more calories, but too much can jeopardize your gains.
    — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 9 Aug. 2023
  • For the second straight month, broadcast networks increased their share of TV use — and for the second straight month, sports was the primary driver of those gains.
    — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2023
  • As many extremely online tweeters look for their next platform, X’s loss could be LinkedIn’s great gain.
    — Paige Hagy, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Soldiers killed and wounded one another by the thousands to make gains measured sometimes by city blocks.
    — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Offsetting that bypassed opportunity, SoftBank’s stake in Arm was worth about $12 billion more by the end of the day thanks to the share price gain.
    — Ryan Gould, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The gains, however, have not been without some economic strains.
    — Jeanne Whalen, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
  • But, weight gain may not be the only change women experience during this time.
    — Kaitlin Vogel, Health, 15 Dec. 2023
  • To shareholders, O’Leary is known for delivering meaningful gains as he’s driven the stock price up 28% over the past 12 months.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Fast price increases spell trouble, but moderate price gains can lead to higher wages and job growth.
    — Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 21 June 2023
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gain

2 of 2 verb
  • What do you hope to gain from this?
  • We were unable to gain admission to the club.
  • I took the job to gain experience.
  • They had nothing to lose and everything to gain.
  • We need to gain a better understanding of the problem.
  • He first gained attention as a young writer.
  • They stand to gain an advantage over their competitors by getting an early start.
  • Investigators are trying to gain access to the group's financial records.
  • Her theories are slowly gaining acceptance.
  • The deal was struck with the aim of gaining support from both sides.
    — Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner, 2 June 2023
  • Fans can subscribe now to the A-List here to gain access to Thursday’s pre-sale.
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 27 June 2023
  • Geared for home cooks, the premise is cooks go on the show to gain training to become a master chef.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The Nikkei has risen for five consecutive months, and gained 18% in that time.
    — Joe Wallace, WSJ, 31 May 2023
  • Sweetwater gained 5 yards on the play, then milked more than 5 minutes off the clock.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Since no one had much to gain or lose, the emphasis was on play, and the only reason to do it was for love.
    — Vulture, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Instead, students gained two months of progress in math and reading.
    — Carmen Nesbitt, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 July 2023
  • The album has gained stature over the decades, hailed by Rolling Stone and others as one of the most important rock albums of all-time.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 25 June 2023
  • With NFTs, every participant in the industry, from the creators to the fans, stands to gain something.
    — Brian D. Evans, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2023
  • Producer prices for foods gained 0.5% in July from June, the most since November.
    — Gwynn Guilford, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Robinson was called for a defensive foul on the play after the two got tangled up as Brown worked to gain position on a post-up.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Rostock, a port city on the Baltic Sea, gained promotion to the top-flight Bundesliga two seasons ago.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
  • For something like chili crunch that refers to a centuries-old condiment, what does a company have to show to the patent office to gain a trademarked name?
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 10 Apr. 2024
  • In recent years, a couple of lip trends have steadily gained momentum.
    — Tira Urquhart, Essence, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The offense gained 420 yards but turned the ball over twice and had to settle for field goals on two long drives to hinder the normally explosive offense.
    — Jared Ramsey, Detroit Free Press, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Remember that we're all connected, and there is so much to be gained from that connection.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
  • To gain the attention of a pair of cheerleaders, PJ and Josie start a self-defense class that soon morphs into an out-of-control fight club.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • But despite this, users started gaining access to GPTs, building their own models, and sharing them with the world.
    — Bysage Lazzaro, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Israel has imposed tight controls on Gaza since the militant group Hamas gained control in 2007.
    — Susannah George, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
  • So that would be my argument in the court of emotions for why Troy has the most to lose and the most to gain emotionally from Joy's disappearance and reemergence.
    — Lizzie Hyman, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2024
  • His value showed up on the first drive, when on a third-and-5 play from midfield, Martinez was stopped in the backfield, yet managed to break tackles, gain six yards and convert a first down.
    — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 12 Aug. 2023

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