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Tony Schumacher is up to his old tricks -- winning, that is.

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  1. adjective Of or relating to the act of winning: drew the winning number in the lottery.
  2. adjective Successful; victorious: the winning entry; the winning team.
  3. adjective Attractive; charming: a winning personality; a winning smile.
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  • NFL. com's Pat Kirwan likes to say on our radio show, "a team has to give their fans one of two things -- winning or hope."
  • My award-winning* song, Osama Bin Laden, You Ruined My Birthday, is available online and on physical CD. —  Sound Politics
  • The reason Americans jettisoned the principles (?) of the repbulicat party is that it is about winning, which is to say power, for them. —  Think Progress
  • We both put our names in for two tickets each to double our chances of winning, the last name pulled out was Rich's, was really cool considering they only pulled out 11 names and theres was at least 60 people there. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • Tony Schumacher is up to his old tricks -- winning, that is. —  ESPN.com
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  1. from Middle English wynnynge, wynynge; verbal noun of win, v.
 

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