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as in interest
a legal right to participation in the advantages, profits, and responsibility of something
if I invest in your business, I expect a stake in it in return
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as in to fund
to provide money for
the actor staked the entire production of the film with his own money
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Recent Examples of stake
Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The constitutional principles at stake should transcend partisan politics.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
This means a growing participation in staking, node operations, or settlement services.
—Amor Sexton, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Noun
There is a person sitting behind me whose safety, whose security and whose life is at stake.
—Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The constitutional principles at stake should transcend partisan politics.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
The opening of this year’s world championships was also a poignant occasion as the figure staking community paid tribute to those who died in a plane crash in Washington, DC, earlier this year.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
This means a growing participation in staking, node operations, or settlement services.
—Amor Sexton, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stake
Noun
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According to Murphy, the manosphere is a collection of websites, forums, and content centered on male interests, often with an anti-feminist perspective.—
Samantha Mann,
Parents,
8 Apr. 2025
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On Thursday, the government posts its latest inflation data, which could play into the Federal Reserve's next interest rate decision.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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That hasn’t deterred bettors, as FanDuel reports that DeChambeau leads all golfers with the most bets to win the 2025 Masters one week ahead of the tournament.—
Jay Ginsbach,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Anne is flipping for Apple and Sony’s big bet on four Beatles movies from director Sam Mendes, starring Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Joseph Quinn as George Harrison, and Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
4 Apr. 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
Verb
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Scott Taylor, lead mechanical engineer for manufacturer Lockheed Martin, put the effort in perspective in a 2023 news release.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
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Although the premium hospitality OVG Hospitality already provides in Las Vegas, Phoenix, London and Abu Dhabi resonated with the Lightning ownership, Granger said that a desire to put a local spin on Amalie’s food and beverage offerings helped win the bid.—
Jason Clinkscales,
Sportico.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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While Intel's client business is returning to health, thanks in part to the upcoming 18A process node, Intel keeps losing share in the data center to AMD and has very little to show for its multi-billion-dollar investment in AI accelerators from its Habana Labs acquisition.—
Karl Freund,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Looking at the shares of countries/regions other than Japan on the GLOBAL list, according to Luminate, the U.S. is in first place with 18.4%.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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And a loss of $50 or more in other states will cause five bonus bets as a refund, making each bet 20% of your losing wager.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Apr. 2025
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Their wager would be profitable if the Vix were to top 50.—
Peter Cohan,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
Verb
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In some cases, Russia is believed to have directly financed the election campaigns of candidates friendly to its interests.—
Josh Holder,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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The Little River project will be financed by a combination of private investment, which Swerdlow said has already been secured, and the sale of federal tax credits designed to support affordable housing development.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The unions pushed back on that, arguing that the incentive should be used to keep as many jobs in California as possible, and not to subsidize projects primarily filmed in other states or overseas.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
4 Apr. 2025
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Private bus companies, in the 1950s and 1960s, were fiscal failures and nation wide those services were converted into transit districts that were state and federally subsidized.—
George Pohorilak,
Hartford Courant,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Stake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stake. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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