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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
Matt Bok, Sportico.com, 21 June 2025
At stake in preventing the globalization of the intifada is nothing less than the survival of Western Civilization.
—Jay Bergman, Boston Herald, 21 June 2025
Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 19 June 2025
Furthermore, Leeds do not intend to stake their survival on Nmecha’s shoulders.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 18 June 2025
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Noun
Mubadala doesn’t hold direct stakes in the NBA or any other major North American sports leagues or teams.
—Matt Bok, Sportico.com, 21 June 2025
At stake in preventing the globalization of the intifada is nothing less than the survival of Western Civilization.
—Jay Bergman, Boston Herald, 21 June 2025
Verb
In 2019, the mid-engine C8 Corvette staked a claim on supercar territory.
—Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 19 June 2025
Furthermore, Leeds do not intend to stake their survival on Nmecha’s shoulders.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stake
Noun
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Adjusted earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortization hit 1.8 million pounds, up from 200,000 pounds the year prior.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
1 July 2025
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To review or object to instances where our partners assert a legitimate interest in utilizing your data, please visit our vendors page.—
Matthew Strauss,
Pitchfork,
1 July 2025
Noun
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So, those wanting to hedge their bets and increase their chances of landing a blue-collar job may wish to look at general maintenance and repair jobs.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
9 July 2025
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That was the case last summer, too, but the Pacers new outlook actually makes a development bet make more sense now.—
Tony East,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
Verb
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Among the chaos is Rupert Friend, playing Martin Krebs, who's assembling a group to take to the scene of the devastation in hopes of extracting DNA from the creatures roaming the island to fund his next medical breakthrough.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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Collins’s amendment would increase the first two installments of funding from $10 billion to $22.5 billion.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
30 June 2025
Verb
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Performance reviews may require a personal touch, but AI can help HR leaders put together hiring managers’ or supervisors’ feedback into a proper framework.—
Julie Hoagland,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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But using a trade exception, which allows a team to acquire a player in a trade even if their salary would otherwise put the team over the salary cap or the team is already over the salary cap, hard caps teams at the first apron.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2025
Noun
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In its first seven hours, The Format’s post earned nearly 5,000 likes, nearly 600 comments and more than 2,000 shares.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
8 July 2025
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Lawyers, similar to professionals in other disciplines, have committed their share of transgressions.—
Blake D. Morant,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
Noun
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The next step is to make an initial deposit to cover your first wager with bet365.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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Anyone that wagered money Tesla would in fact go to market stands to lose their wager.—
Christiaan Hetzner,
Fortune,
30 June 2025
Verb
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The biggest chain in the U.S. and globally entered Covid with a hefty debt load that was a stinging liability given the need to finance it even as theaters shut down and the box office slumped.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
1 July 2025
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Costner spent $38 million of his own money to finance Horizon, per Variety, alongside two unnamed private investors.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
Verb
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Located near a low-income and subsidized housing owned and operated by Carabetta, the new development also could be housing, potentially a mix of market-rate and affordable.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
29 June 2025
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In Miami-Dade, the freeze doesn’t impact the thousands of people currently relying on existing Section 8 vouchers to subsidize rent.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2025
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“Stake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stake. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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