GARNERED Synonyms: 115 Similar and Opposite Words

garnered

verb

past tense of garner

as in collected

to bring together in one body or place a prisoner garnering food bit by bit and hiding it in his pillow an array of rock bands garnered from all over the country by the promoters of the festival

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to receive as return for effort a novelist that has garnered praise for his literate police procedurals

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Recent Examples of garnered The show’s soundtrack also garnered critical acclaim, with many of the covers performed by the cast making the Billboard Hot 100. — Saba Hamedy, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026 There has been a long-running legal effort to win a new trial in the case that has garnered national attention and was the subject of a podcast. — CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 As large battery fires have garnered attention, some communities have opposed further development. — ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026 As of late, the museum has garnered much media attention following the resignation of Osvaldo Quiroga in January 2025, the local historian who oversaw the museum for nearly four decades. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Acaster and Jama then recruited The Rest Is Science podcast host Hannah Fry, but her behavior had garnered far too much suspicion. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2026 The incident was captured on video and has now garnered considerable media attention. — Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2026 Hughes garnered a reputation as a coach that impacted the lives of his players on and off the field. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Oct. 2026 Then-House Speaker Paul Renner, R-Palm Coast, championed the measure, which garnered large bipartisan support in the final votes – 30-5 in the Senate and 109-4 in the House. — Gray Rohrer, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026

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Engineers use the physical measurements collected during core heating to test the accuracy of their mathematical reactor models.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026
The total revenue collected was $168,294 but the cost to the district was $731,323.

— Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026

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The quarterback Mike Macdonald has earned his paychecks from making quarterbacks uncomfortable.

— Sam McDowell October 25, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026
On every floor, display cabinets overflow with magic wands, sparkly hats, silk scarves, handcuffs, dice, Rubik's Cubes, toys, photographs and dozens of trophies earned by students in competitions all over the world.

— Julie Bourdin, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026

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Texas ran for 212 yards, and it all but put the game away on the ground until Ole Miss assembled an evening-ending combination of plays that led to a Hail Mary attempt to potentially win it.

— Mac Engel October 25, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2026
After a week of respecting the sanctity of spoilers, our critics have assembled to discuss the movie in detail.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2026

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Google’s agent debuted this spring and since then has expanded access, added more connections to a range of sources, and gained new visibility as part of the Gemini app’s redesign.

— Marty Swant, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
From a career-high 155 yards from Javonte Williams to the defense making just enough stops to allow the offense to do its thing, the Cowboys gained a little bit of their swagger back in the City of Brotherly Love.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2026

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Hundreds of people were gathered inside the warehouse of a steel-fabricating company in north Topeka in a state where Democrats haven't won a Senate race since 1932.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
More than a hundred people had gathered earlier in and around the church for a funeral procession.

— Aoife Walsh, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026

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Meanwhile, national Republicans are attempting to mobilize the state’s conservative voters around Marshall in a state Trump won with 57% of the vote in 2024.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
In 2022, Lula summoned his old populist magnetism, built a coalition large enough to defeat Bolsonaro, and won a third term.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of won

Verb

The brand’s Peptide Detox shampoo, which adsorbs hard water deposits to thoroughly clean hair, has amassed 238,000 impressions on TikTok this month and can consistently be found topping the app’s section for popular searches.

— Tracy Achonwa, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
This new holiday collection comes at a busy time for Birkenstock, which has amassed quite an active release calendar.

— Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026

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