She was clearly the gainer in that exchange. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
All energy economists I know think that natural gas is the big short-term gainer from CO2 emission taxes. From Wordnik.com. [Science Editorial #2 « Climate Audit] Reference
Another gainer was the leisure and hospitality field, in which an additional 200 jobs were reported in March. From Wordnik.com. [Home] Reference
Instapundit being an all around gainer is very interesting I think, since he’s a libertarian, not a conservative, from what I can tell. From Wordnik.com. [Looking a little more into blog readership declines. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState] Reference
I say a certain gainer, because the existing oppression. From Wordnik.com. [Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman] Reference
But in the balance of accounts Jessup was a great gainer. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862] Reference
Napa County was the only other gainer, with a 0.2% increase. From Wordnik.com. [Vital Signs] Reference
If he succeeds, Italy is a certain gainer, and Europe through Italy. From Wordnik.com. [Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman] Reference
In either case, he would be the gainer, even if Hiram suffered somewhat. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
By this bargain, from calculation, I was a gainer of five hundred crowns. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
If the whole beef industry were wiped out, the country would be the gainer. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Battle Creek, Michigan, September 10 and 11, 1934] Reference
It is hard to see who would be a gainer thereby -- certainly not St. Louis himself. From Wordnik.com. [Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature] Reference
Had he confined himself to this tenderer field, the world would have been the gainer. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876] Reference
But the world (no longer to be called of letters, but of emblems) will be the gainer. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844] Reference
Hewlett-Packard was the Dow's lone gainer, with a gain of 56 cents, or 1.5%, to 38.56. From Wordnik.com. [Intel, 3M and BofA Decline] Reference
Ellen Craft, reaped no advantages, but on the contrary, liberty was greatly the gainer. From Wordnik.com. [The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author.] Reference
Santana Moss was the Redskins 'top gainer as a receiver, with two catches for 42 yards. From Wordnik.com. [Redskins beat Jets, 16-11, to go to 2-1 in preseason] Reference
"You will both be wondrously happy, each a gainer in the other," said their friend earnestly. From Wordnik.com. [A Heart-Song of To-day] Reference
So far from this, his ready mind already calculated how she might be a gainer by the arrangement. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844] Reference
Colonel Dumont, and he inwardly resolved to be a gainer by the operation, whether he joined in it or not. From Wordnik.com. [Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue] Reference
What it adds to sweetness, it takes away from sense; and he who loses the least by it may be called a gainer. From Wordnik.com. [Early Theories of Translation] Reference
Major-General Sir Samuel Browne, who had been named for the command in the Khyber, was to be the gainer by my loss. From Wordnik.com. [Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief] Reference
It is generally admitted that the child who enters school at eight rather than at six will be the gainer at twelve. From Wordnik.com. [Civics and Health] Reference
The lone gainer among the major Asian national benchmarks was China's Shanghai Composite Index, up 0.5% to 2607.50. From Wordnik.com. [Asia Drops as Yen Rises] Reference
"While we believe TXN is likely a share gainer into 2011, it will not be immune to a macro slowdown," the firm warned. From Wordnik.com. [Intel, 3M and BofA Decline] Reference
On a year-over-year basis, Las Vegas was the biggest decliner at 6.5%, and the biggest gainer was San Francisco at 18.3%. From Wordnik.com. [Home Prices Rose in May] Reference
"And," added the generous fellow, "I shall be the gainer by that, for he is a splendid judge of horses!" which was perfectly true. From Wordnik.com. [For The Admiral] Reference
Many Scotchmen were greatly opposed to the step, yet it cannot be denied that Scotland herself has been a great gainer by the Union. From Wordnik.com. [With Marlborough to Malplaquet A Story of the Reign of Queen Anne] Reference
The countries of Western Europe, including the free Republic of Germany are working together, and the whole free world is the gainer. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
The biggest gainer amid the 25 most-sold titles was a 21% average increase for Game Informer Magazine, which is dedicated to videogames. From Wordnik.com. [Magazine Circulation Falls Further] Reference
Europe while the feathers were still flying, and the public felt itself to be a gainer to the extent of witnessing a piece of good sport. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878.] Reference
Spaniards; so, perhaps, the human mind would be a gainer, if all the secondary writers were lost, -- say, in England, all but Shakspeare. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858] Reference
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