How to Use win-win in a Sentence

win-win

adjective
  • Plus, my dog seems to love it, which feels like a win-win.
    Rachel Trujillo, Peoplemag, 14 July 2024
  • The result is win-win for Trump, who can blame any loss on this wonder drug.
    Philip Bump, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
  • The film itself is all of a piece with that win-win celebrity culture.
    Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2023
  • For Bontrager and her dogs, the new endeavor is a win-win project.
    The Indianapolis Star, 22 June 2023
  • And unlike shorts, the pants were long enough to keep her legs protected from the sun — a win-win in our books.
    Kayla Blanton, Peoplemag, 28 June 2024
  • House rules Trusting people to work from home—some of the time, anyhow—is a win-win.
    Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 21 June 2024
  • The t-shirt is comfortable for you and the baby: a win-win scenario here.
    John Thompson, Men's Health, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Sounds like a win-win to us without having to whip out our passports.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2024
  • In economics, a win-win game is called a nonzero-sum game.
    Kate Vitasek, The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The Lions sent out Stafford in exchange for Goff and three draft picks, which turned out to be a win-win move for both sides involved.
    Jared Ramsey, Detroit Free Press, 11 Jan. 2024
  • There is a win-win outcome, just waiting for Fisher to embrace it.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Meanwhile, the 42% discount relieves your wallet (a win-win).
    Katrina Cossey, Parents, 16 July 2024
  • The key is to try to create a win-win scenario, where both parties would benefit from an extension to the ground lease.
    Jim Small, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Climate risk to housing is complex with no easy win-win answers.
    Priscilla Almodovar, Fortune, 8 May 2024
  • Get others involved in the process and turn it into a win-win situation.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 3 June 2024
  • And many people who want to build relationships that are meaningful, that give us a chance for a win-win outcome.
    Abc News, ABC News, 24 May 2024
  • The platform offers a heel’s leg-lengthening effects with the stability of a flat—win-win.
    Cortne Bonilla, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 June 2023
  • The intransigence of such zero-sum disputes is a reminder of why win-win fantasies are so attractive in the first place.
    Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 8 June 2024
  • Many parents are pointing to the combination of important tummy time along with a walk as being a win-win.
    Kristina Behr, Parents, 12 July 2024
  • That’s far from a comprehensive list of win-win climate solutions.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
  • There must emerge a better idea, a more attractive idea—an idea that does not assume Jews and Arabs are locked in a zero-sum game in the Middle East but offers a win-win scenario to people on both sides.
    Ami Ayalon, Foreign Affairs, 31 Oct. 2023
  • This is a win-win strategy as Haas can invest in the companies that carry out the steps to improve and pass on the companies that fail to do so, making money for his time either way.
    Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2023
  • With the global tech fund, however, Washington could forge win-win partnerships.
    Christopher Thomas, Foreign Affairs, 26 Jan. 2024
  • So a message that is true, compassionate, and ultimately paints a picture of a much more thriving, much more win-win society.
    How To Save A Country, The New Republic, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The unions were win-win: Local elites gained blood ties to far-off trading networks and the prestige of being related to people in Persia, an important center of the medieval Muslim world.
    Byandrew Curry, science.org, 29 Mar. 2023
  • For the consumer companies and the real-estate developers alike, such partnerships are win-win.
    David Kaufman, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Another is that labor negotiations, when they’re conducted in good faith, should be seen as a potential win-win.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Remaining attuned to those preferences is a win-win, LaSalle’s survey respondents would suggest.
    Jane Thier, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The other benefit is that both of these regions are densely populated, so locating sprawling solar installations out in the sea could be a win-win.
    Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Landlords say the buyout agreements can be a useful tool, giving tenants an incentive to move and creating a win-win for owners, who get their units back, and renters, who leave with some money to help pay for housing going forward.
    Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2024

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