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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
Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 28 Jan. 2025
Investors and analysts are now wondering if that’s money well spent, with Nvidia, Microsoft, and other companies with substantial stakes in maintaining the AI status quo all trending downward in pre-market trading.
—Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 27 Jan. 2025
Fortune Editors, Fortune Asia, 6 Jan. 2025
Some signatories of the Antarctic treaty have also staked territorial claims — a number of which overlap — while others do not recognize the territorial claims of other countries.
—Eve Sampson, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Under the agreement, Disney will combine its Hulu + Live TV offerings with Fubo for a 70% stake in Fubo.
—Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 28 Jan. 2025
Investors and analysts are now wondering if that’s money well spent, with Nvidia, Microsoft, and other companies with substantial stakes in maintaining the AI status quo all trending downward in pre-market trading.
—Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 27 Jan. 2025
Verb
Users can stake funds into a decentralized autonomous organization, or DAO, an organization that governs itself through smart contracts.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune Asia, 6 Jan. 2025
Some signatories of the Antarctic treaty have also staked territorial claims — a number of which overlap — while others do not recognize the territorial claims of other countries.
—Eve Sampson, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stake
Noun
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The brutal killing — and President Woodrow Wilson’s concerns about Germany’s growing economic interests and influence in Haiti — led to 19 years of U.S. occupation.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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However, 2024 numbers showed a waning interest in Tesla's core vehicles, the Model 3 and Y. After years of delays, the Cybertruck was Tesla's big 2024 offering, but the company didn't revamp the rest of its lineup.—
Will McCurdy,
PCMAG,
26 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The bet here is that both could be persuaded to rethink their stances.—
John Tamny,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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The Steelers have twice bet on their defense to carry an aging QB — first at the end of Ben Roethlisberger’s career, and again last year with Wilson.—
Mike DeFabo,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The governor is also asking lawmakers to transfer $350 million from the state’s coffers to fund the program’s services, according to the draft proposal published by the governor’s office.—
Ana Ceballos,
Miami Herald,
25 Jan. 2025
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All speakers, including individuals and the media, use money amassed from the economic marketplace to fund their speech, and the First Amendment protects the resulting speech.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Jan. 2025
Verb
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In August, the agency decided not to risk putting the duo on Starliner for the trip home.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
29 Jan. 2025
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Whereas presidents in the post–World War II era generally put a high value on scientific expertise, Trump seems intent on freezing out professional scientists, especially those with strong academic research backgrounds.—
Michael S. Lubell,
Scientific American,
29 Jan. 2025
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Only his former Yankees teammates, Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera, received a higher share of the vote.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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The share of households earning more than $100,000 essentially tripled, from 14 percent to 41 percent.—
Norbert Michel,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Context: Gamblers must be physically located in a state to place sports bets, so some Missourians were presumably crossing state lines to wager.—
Jason Clayworth,
Axios,
17 Dec. 2024
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Equally important, boards are responsible for asking the right questions at the right time to meet head-on with the unique wagers AI presents.—
Kyle J. Russell,
USA TODAY,
16 Dec. 2024
Verb
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His primarily skill as a dealmaker was financing European co-productions in both scripted and unscripted.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2025
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In turn this put Netflix in the spotlight and spurred it to develop its own slate of movies. Called Netflix Originals, they are generally produced, financed and exclusively distributed by the platform.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes,
25 Jan. 2025
Verb
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In this way, this economic work force is both highly exploited by employers, but also, subsidizes important public services.—
London School of Economics,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Currently, sales of EVs and plug-in electric vehicles are being subsidized by a federal credit of up to $7,500 for the purchase of one of the vehicles, which President-elect Donald Trump could remove, along with other support for EVs.—
Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Stake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stake. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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