Obtain article in spirit

Usage examples of gain.

But, as it was, he ably supported the exposed flank that Johnston so skillfully attacked, won the battle, inflicted losses a good deal larger than his own, and gained his ulterior objective as well as if there had not been a fight at all.

In high school, one of my all-time favorite pranks was gaining unauthorized access to the telephone switch and changing the class of service of a fellow phone phreak.

An experienced social engineer is able to gain access to virtually any targeted information by using the strategies and tactics of his craft.

SECURITY Security that relies on knowing where desired information is, and using a word or name to gain access to that information or computer system.

All he would need to gain access would be the standard user ID and password.

The direct actionists by their inflammatory speeches and writings are especially successful in gaining recruits from among the more disorderly elements of society, whereas the political actionists appeal rather to those persons who are opposed to the destruction of life and property.

We could not, I adjudged, shifting my knees lower on his barrel, gain the trees before true day.

But to do this, somebody must gain admittance to his cell, and who was to be taken into their confidence?

Little Court, to gain admittance if you may, with a request for audience with Prince Benedicte.

Lutea had found for her, they gained admittance to dump their burden, but then all of us were brusquely turned away.

And so the devil was not satisfied with instigating to a desire for riches and honors, but he went so far as to tempt Christ, for the sake of gaining possession of these things, to fall down and adore him, which is a very great crime, and against God.

I could offer them a way to be remembered forever in tales and gain an adulthood always honored: negotiate with the Jawas and me to secure the boundaries of their land and thus their nomadic way of life.

I am called Don Quixote of La Mancha, knight errant in search of adventures, and captive of the beauteous and peerless Dona Dulcinea of Toboso, and as recompense for the boon thou hast received from me, I desire only that thou turnest toward Toboso, and on my behalf appearest before this lady and sayest unto her what deeds I have done to gain thy liberty.

If your advertisement is in the business-to-business arena, it should gain inquiries and leads for the sales force by offering an incentive for a response.

The best illustration of this is outdoor advertising, where we literally have a few seconds to gain or lose the reader.