lottery winner

collocation in English

meaningsoflotteryandwinner

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lottery
noun
uk
/ˈlɒt.ər.i/us
/ˈlɑː.t̬ɚ.i/
a game, often organized by the state or a charity in order to make money, in which tickets with numbers are sold to people who then have a chance of winning a prize if their number ...
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winner
noun[C]
uk
/ˈwɪn.ər/us
/ˈwɪn.ɚ/
someone who wins a game, competition, ...
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(Definition oflotteryandwinnerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflottery winner

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Obviously, people will buy more newspapers if an individual is exposed as alotterywinner.
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My wife is alotterywinner; she has won £70.
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I do not know what it feels like to be alotterywinner.
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I said that they would be naive to think that, by giving the press a few titbits on the identity of alotterywinner, they could buy the press off.
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The spendthrift behaviour of many of the outgoing regional and district authorities resembles that of a nationallotterywinnerwith only a few weeks to live.
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Thelotterywinnerwould get the first selection in the draft.
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A group of journalists attempt to track down and reveal the identity of the mysterylotterywinner.
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His lover tries to mold him into a gilt-edged mirror of upper-class values and ultimately swindles the easily flatteredlotterywinnerout of his fortune.
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She would make ludicrously tedious predictions, such as predicting that thelotterywinnerwould be a man or a woman, and would often glance at the camera cross-eyed.
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Privacy for lottery winners is important for the continued success of the lottery.
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If some of the economically inactive are new lottery winners, good luck to them.
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We should not forget all those individual lottery winners whose lives have been transformed by big money prizes.
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The legislation should apply to lottery winners who are unjustly and unfairly harassed by the media when they wish to avail themselves of the right to anonymity.
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Random drawings are also used to determine lottery winners.
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They claim to have a disproportionate number of lottery winners.
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He has also looked at factors determining work continuance in lottery winners.
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Lottery winners report higher levels of happiness immediately following the event.
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The group of lottery winners reported years after winning the lottery, participants were no happier than before they won.
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The lottery winners are able to be among the approximately 1100 runners who partake in this annual event.
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He's talked with thousands of lottery winners, and the vast majority, he says, wish they'd never won.
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