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championship

noun

ˈcham-pē-ən-ˌship

Definition of championship

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the position occupied by the one who comes in first in a competition the Yankees have won the championship many times

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Recent Examples of championship DeLonge has never been shy about supporting his home team, who have never won a World Series and last made it to the championship in 1998, when they were swept by the Yankees. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 7 Oct. 2026 Collier was drafted with the sixth overall pick in 2019 out of Connecticut, two years after the Lynx won their last of four WNBA championships. — CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 Kendall Kotzmacher is a college softball player who lost her high school state championship game to a team that started a biological male at pitcher. — Matt Calkins Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026 The Bulldogs and Crimson Tide played for the SEC championship last season, with Georgia winning 28-7. — Connor Riley, AJC.com, 6 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for championship

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The Lions won the Southern Section Division 1 title last season and are even better this season with 21 consecutive victories.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
The exhibition debuted Hirst’s infamous shark in a formaldehyde tank, with the title The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living (1991).

— Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

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