winningest

adjective

win·​ning·​est ˈwi-niŋ-əst How to pronounce winningest (audio)
: having achieved the most wins
the winningest coach in football

Examples of winningest in a Sentence

She's the winningest coach in the conference. the winningest team in our school's history
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The Quakes are feeling a new sense of optimism after hiring the all-time winningest MLS coach, Bruce Arena, and adding star strikers Josef Martinez and Chicho Arango. Pueng Vongs, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2025 As Boston's shortstop five years later, Bogaerts was an important player on the Red Sox' all-time winningest team. David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025 The Quakes’ new man in charge, all-time winningest MLS coach Bruce Arena, understands that reality well. Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2025 Hamlin is also the winningest active Martinsville driver with five victories. Jeff Gluck, The Athletic, 4 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for winningest

Word History

First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of winningest was in 1972

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“Winningest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/winningest. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.

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