How to Use gain on in a Sentence

gain on

phrasal verb

• Still, stocks have gained on more than just good vibes this year.
  — Krystal Hur, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
• The fan, sensing The Freeze closing fast, turned his around to see The Freeze gaining on him.
  — oregonlive, 21 July 2023
• The Eagles marched to the 5, but Robichaux was stopped for no gain on a fourth-and-2 play to turn it over on downs.
  — Trevor Hass, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
• Which means price gains on top of a 7.4% payout, paid monthly.
  — Brett Owens, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• Modest gains on both sides of the ball might be enough to put Ole Miss within the top of the division.
  — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2023
• The result caused massive losses on one side and huge gains on the other.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2023
• Pollard was dropped for a loss five times and stopped for no gain on three other attempts.
  — Stephen Whyno, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2024
• Swann was targeted a handful of times and gave up a few plays, most notably a 33-yard gain on a third-and-11.
  — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2023
• Although there is still much work to be done in this space, women’s sports have been making gains on all fronts.
  — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 7 July 2023
• The rally held true for most of the stocks of interest in the Mobile area, as 21 of the 25 companies in our index saw gains on the day.
  — Brent Conklin | [e-mail], al, 14 June 2023
• By contrast, Democrats are hoping to make gains on less hospitable turf.
  — Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2023
• Ukraine gained on the battlefield but isn’t back to its prewar borders.
  — Karl Rove, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2023
• The last thing Tesla investors need is for Musk to raise the bar on garnering decent gains on his stock.
  — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2024
• Purdy hit a wide-open Deebo Samuel for a 26-yard gain on the second play of the drive, but missed throws later in the possession to stall the drive.
  — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2024
• Tagovailoa connected with wide receiver Tyreek Hill for a 32-yard gain on the first play of the game.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 26 Aug. 2023
• Meanwhile, Fowler has arguably been the best American golfer outside of Scheffler the last three months, with over two strokes gained on the field.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 July 2023
• Public pension funds returned a median 4% for the three months ended March 31, thanks to gains on stocks and bonds.
  — Heather Gillers, WSJ, 30 May 2023
• The key play was a 37-yard gain on a defensive pass interference penalty against WR Brandin Cooks on third and 12.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 11 Sep. 2023
• DeSantis has also failed to make any significant gains on Trump’s lead in the polls.
  — Hadriana Lowenkron, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2023
• But Monroe-Moreno pushed back on the possibility of Trump making any gains on Democrats.
  — Natasha Korecki, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2023
• While the achievement of U.S. students overall has stagnated over the last decade, the military’s schools have made gains on the national test since 2013.
  — Sarah Mervosh, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2023
• Blue Lake is described as an all-ages trail — just be prepared for a fairly steep elevation gain on your way back to the trailhead.
  — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• Young and tight end Hayden Hurst connected for a 5-yard gain on first down before Hubbard gained 1 yard on second down.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 12 Aug. 2023
• Warner covered Travis Kelce, the great tight end, to good effect on several plays, although Kelce ran away for a long gain on a tying field-goal drive late in the game.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2024
• Haley has gained on DeSantis in fundraising and early-state polling.
  — Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2023
• That said, DeSantis only gains on Trump by a handful of points in this simulation, ending up with just a third of the vote in the final round to Trump's two-thirds.
  — Kabir Khanna, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2023
• The platform falsely shows significant gains on the investment, and the victims are then encouraged to pony up more and more.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2023
• The album should see a gain on next week’s chart, dated Dec. 2, following the release of a deluxe edition of the album on Nov. 17 which added six additional songs.
  — Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 19 Nov. 2023
• No writer or actor wants to be forced to strike again in another four years, and the only way to prevent that is to make reasonable gains on all the key issues this time around.
  — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
• McLaughlin navigated his way up to fourth by Lap 182, but still stood 5 seconds back of the leader — not nearly enough of a gain on fresher tires to run the quirky strategy call to the end.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 23 July 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024