Adjective
winner take all (not comparable)
Alternative form of winner-take-all
Of or pertaining to a contest, election, or other competition in which only the winner is rewarded and none of the losers get anything.
(economics) Of a market in which a product or service that is only slightly better than its competitors gets a disproportionately large share of revenue.
(computing) Of a neural network model: organized so that neurons in a layer compete with each other for activation.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgwinner-take-all
A few hundred years ago, two stars were involved in a winner-take-all confrontation. Source: Internet
“Around this time, Defendant Tom Hart, the Plant Manager of the Waterloo Facility, organized a cash buy-in, winner-take-all betting pool for supervisors and managers to wager how many employees would test positive for COVID-19,” the suit claimed. Source: Internet
More generally, parties with a broad base of support across regions or among economic and other interest groups, have a great chance of winning the necessary plurality in the U.S.'s largely single-member district, winner-take-all elections. Source: Internet
On August 12, 1938, the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club hosted a $25,000 winner-take-all match race won by Charles S. Howard's Seabiscuit over Binglin's horse Ligaroti. Source: Internet
Jackson successfully pushed for abolishing the “winner-take-all” delegate standard, and now delegates are divided up proportionally according to a candidate’s share of the vote. Source: Internet
The Rays survived a postseason meat grinder that included two winner-take-all games. Source: Internet