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winning

 adjective
     
win‧ning [only before noun]
1 the winning person or thing is the one that wins or makes you win a competition or game:
the winning team
The winning design came from an architect in Glasgow.
Beckham scored the winning goal.
2 making you very successful or likely to be successful:
a winning combination
As a business, they have found a winning formula.
3 a winning quality or way of doing something is one that makes other people like you [= attractive]:
4

a winning streak

a period of time when you win every game or competition:
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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