hard-won gain

Examples (20)

• After years of negotiation, the treaty delivered a hard-won gain in regional stability.
• The right to vote was a hard-won gain for women after decades of struggle.
• The startup's profitability was a hard-won gain, not an overnight success.
• We must protect this hard-won gain in civil liberties from being eroded.
• She refused to risk their hard-won gains for a quick headline.
• Securing the new contract was a significant, hard-won gain for the small company.
• We must protect the hard-won gains of civil rights from being rolled back.
• The union celebrated the pay increase as a hard-won gain.
• By the end of the season, he has made hard-won gains in fitness.
• For the recovering athlete, simply walking again was a major hard-won gain.
• Any reform should build on, not erase, the hard-won gains of the past decade.
• Winning the championship represented a hard-won gain for the entire team.
• The team celebrated each hard-won gain, however modest.
• Peace in the region is a fragile, hard-won gain that requires constant effort to maintain.
• Inflation threatened to erode workers’ hard-won gains.
• His self-confidence was a hard-won gain after years of overcoming shyness.
• Through patient study, she made hard-won gains in confidence and clarity.
• Losing the territory would mean relinquishing a hard-won gain from the previous battle.
• That small market share was a hard-won gain against fierce competition.
• Every small step forward in the research project felt like a hard-won gain.