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Recent Examples of grubstake
Out of cash, Steen reluctantly abandoned grubstaking to work as a carpenter in Tucson, Arizona, for a year, but the uranium called to him.
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Aaron Robinson, Car and Driver, 27 July 2017
Aaron Robinson, Car and Driver, 27 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grubstake
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At its heart, the trial was about whether college athletes and former college athletes should be paid more than nothing for use of their NIL in video games and other products.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Students have very real fears about paying for college Just to be clear, the Education Department still exists, and cannot be closed without an act of Congress.—
Anna North,
Vox,
3 Apr. 2025
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What’s unclear is how it will all be paid for, since Republican deficit hawks typically require spending offsets to help defray the lost tax revenue and avoid piling onto the nation’s $36 trillion debt load.—
Lisa Mascaro,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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To defray its cost, Republican lawmakers have started identifying spending cuts and other sources of revenue.—
Tony Romm,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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The city has requested a refinancing package to pay off its outstanding balance to the Small Cities Organized Risk Effort, which has been hired to assist Isleton with its debt.—
Emma Hall,
Sacbee.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Now, after a pandemic boom-and-bust that has shaken up the streaming landscape, Crunchyroll’s strategy of sinking deep roots is paying off.—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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You might be forced to liquidate and pay tax on the appreciation.—
William Baldwin,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Doing so required her to liquidate her assets and take out a major loan.—
Marissa R. Moss,
Rolling Stone,
21 Mar. 2025
Verb
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That’s bad news for those relying at least in part on their stock portfolio to realize short-term goals, such as buying a home or funding an imminent retirement.—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2025
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The contracts funded services to help refugees, unaccompanied refugee minors, asylees, and victims of human trafficking and torture.—
April Rubin,
Axios,
7 Apr. 2025
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Some won't bloom the first year, others may shoot up and require staking.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
9 Apr. 2025
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Hard-line House conservatives, convinced that the Senate numbers would reign supreme, staked opposition to the budget resolution.—
Mychael Schnell,
The Hill,
9 Apr. 2025
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Our society doesn’t send teenagers to fight each other to the death and watch it on live TV as a form of entertainment and recompense for a long-ago rebellion.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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Businesses fail if proceeds do not recompense all expenses used in producing and delivering their products.—
Phillip Molnar,
The Mercury News,
8 Aug. 2024
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The entire Real Madrid basketball program, from the EuroLeague club to the U-13 academy team, is underwritten by the multi-billion-dollar Real Madrid FC soccer franchise.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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Identifying new ways to underwrite and quickly realize value.—
Sarah Elk,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Grubstake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grubstake. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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