Examples of winner takes all in a Sentence
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The advanced democracies with the angriest radical-right movements—the United States, the United Kingdom, and, to a lesser degree, France—are those in which the winner takes all.
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Jonathan Schlefer, Foreign Affairs, 15 Mar. 2021
Twenty-one are allocated by congressional district — three for each of the seven districts, and the winner takes all the delegates in each district.
—Jennifer De Pinto, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2024
Good polling is accurate within a range, and that range’s importance is magnified in politics versus commercial applications because, in politics, the winner takes all.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 26 May 2023
Jonathan Schlefer, Foreign Affairs, 15 Mar. 2021
Twenty-one are allocated by congressional district — three for each of the seven districts, and the winner takes all the delegates in each district.
—Jennifer De Pinto, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2024
Good polling is accurate within a range, and that range’s importance is magnified in politics versus commercial applications because, in politics, the winner takes all.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 26 May 2023
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“Winner takes all.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/winner%20takes%20all. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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