—used to say that the winner of a round will win the whole contest
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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.—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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