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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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as in earned

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 collective added that its initial open letter – early signatories of which included Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters, Nobel Prize-winning writer Annie Ernaux and directors Matteo Garrone and Isabel Coixet – had since garnered 1,000 signatures. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2026 Academy graduate Ollie Scarles garnered some interest towards the end of the window. — Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 Over the years, Allen has garnered praise from Inter Miami coaches for playing bigger than his size (5-9), for his versatility and coachability. — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026 The show’s first season garnered 25 million hours of viewing time and became IMDb TV’s top original program in first streams and hours watched. — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026 The case has garnered national headlines, fueling social media chatter and podcasts for weeks as spectators debate postpartum mental illness and the gaps in maternal healthcare raised during the trial. — Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026 The high-rise denim pants have garnered over 9,000 perfect ratings from Amazon shoppers. — Melony Forcier, InStyle, 1 Sep. 2026 By the time Axl turned 9, Duhamel said his son had finally garnered his own interest in sports. — Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026 In the latest survey from the University of New Hampshire, Manzur garnered 34% to Pappas’s 47%. — Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2026

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Following Technoblade’s death, more than 400,000 messages from fans were collected in a virtual Minecraft memorial and transformed into 22 books of condolences for his family.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026
Reporters collected waitlist and enrollment data from 47 states and the District of Columbia.

— Moriah Balingit, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

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Singletary took a pay cut to the minimum salary to stay this offseason, and then earned his spot on the roster.

— Dan Duggan, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Bartko, who earned degrees in civil engineering and law in Belarus, fled her home country on a student visa to avoid political persecution over her vocal opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026

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Engineers have assembled a prototype air-cooling rig to test the passive safety systems.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
High prices, closed factories Anderson said from January to July this year, there were about 689,000 vehicles assembled in Canada.

— Jamie L. LaReau, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2026

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Community members gathered for the town hall Monday night to hear from former employees, community leaders and the president and CEO of Insight, who spoke about his hopes for the now-shuttered West Suburban and Weiss Memorial hospitals.

— Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
During the surge, the most important of these turned out to be those founded during the upheaval that followed George Floyd’s murder, when residents gathered in nearby parks to organize block associations led by captains.

— Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

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Antioch’s defensive line — senior Willie Hamilton and Harrison Victor and junior Camryn Mowery — won the trenches the rest of the way.

— Mike McGraw, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026
The project won the top prize at Guangxi’s provincial science and technology awards on August 24.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026

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The festival worker who had taken the picture handed me back my phone and ushered me into the long line of fans amassed at the entrance to the theatre.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Over the course of her famously eventful love life, Taylor accepted 10 proposals, married eight times, and amassed a trove of diamonds and precious stones that became nearly as storied as the woman wearing them.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 28 Aug. 2026

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