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as in interests
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 funds
to provide money for
the actor staked the entire production of the film with his own money
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Recent Examples of stakes
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
23 June 2026
Hosted by content creator Laro Benz, the show oversees couples competing across four high-stakes rounds built around the chaos of life at home.
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Arushi Jacob,
Variety,
22 June 2026
Indeterminate tomatoes need strong stakes, cages, or trellises for support due to their continuous growth and vining habit.
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Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
22 June 2026
For the Chicago Bulls, the first 15 minutes of Tuesday’s NBA draft will feel like an elaborate, high-stakes game of Plinko.
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Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
Despite that, the blockbuster IPO has made Musk the world's first trillionaire, minted thousands of new millionaires and saw some shareholders' stakes surpass the billion-dollar mark.
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Kai Nicol-Schwarz,
CNBC,
22 June 2026
It’s not designed to serve every possible need, but is instead tied to real demand and financial stakes will focus it on accountability and getting the right outcomes.
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Saxby Chambliss,
Fortune,
22 June 2026
The long hours, the high stakes, the personal risk — most of us accepted all of it as part of the deal.
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Rhett Power,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Depth, feeling, stakes and likability.
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Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
21 June 2026
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
Ocean Casino Resort stakes its claim directly on the Atlantic City Boardwalk with views of a ferris wheel and lighthouse as though to remind you of the city’s modest beachtown origins.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 May 2026
November stakes In Lake County, the positions of Clerk, Treasurer, and Sheriff — currently held by Anthony Vega, Holly Kim and John Idleburg, respectively — are all coming up for election, as well as county board positions for Districts 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 19.
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Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
Small towns may have the majority of oceanfront real estate, but Pensacola stakes its claim with more than 50 miles of white-sand shoreline.
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Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
12 Mar. 2026
That is, until Vlad arrives and stakes a claim on her every waking thought.
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Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
5 Mar. 2026
The majority stakes the largest detention initiative in American history on the possibility that … Congress must have wanted these noncitizens detained—some of them the spouses, mothers, fathers, and grandparents of American citizens.
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Ben Fenwick,
Oklahoma Watch,
12 Feb. 2026
For the Chinese Communist Party, which stakes its claim to legitimacy on defeating Japanese invaders during World War II, that would be an unforgivable outrage.
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Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
9 Feb. 2026
Mexicali stakes a claim to the clamato cocktail, a heady blend of vodka, clam juice and other ingredients invented in the 1960s by a bartender at the city’s Acueducto Piano Bar.
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Joe Yogerst,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
As the episode teased, 12 new boys are set to make their Love Island USA debut on Monday, June 22, continuing the high-stakes week full of fresh connections, messy romances and shocking twists.
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Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
23 June 2026
Hosted by content creator Laro Benz, the show oversees couples competing across four high-stakes rounds built around the chaos of life at home.
—
Arushi Jacob,
Variety,
22 June 2026
Indeterminate tomatoes need strong stakes, cages, or trellises for support due to their continuous growth and vining habit.
—
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
22 June 2026
For the Chicago Bulls, the first 15 minutes of Tuesday’s NBA draft will feel like an elaborate, high-stakes game of Plinko.
—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
Despite that, the blockbuster IPO has made Musk the world's first trillionaire, minted thousands of new millionaires and saw some shareholders' stakes surpass the billion-dollar mark.
—
Kai Nicol-Schwarz,
CNBC,
22 June 2026
It’s not designed to serve every possible need, but is instead tied to real demand and financial stakes will focus it on accountability and getting the right outcomes.
—
Saxby Chambliss,
Fortune,
22 June 2026
The long hours, the high stakes, the personal risk — most of us accepted all of it as part of the deal.
—
Rhett Power,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Depth, feeling, stakes and likability.
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Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
21 June 2026
Verb
The Arab Republic of Egypt (1953) stakes a natural claim to the Rosetta Stone, which was commissioned in 196 BCE by a Greek-speaking pharaoh of Macedonian descent, and unearthed near Alexandria by French engineers in 1799.
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Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
Ocean Casino Resort stakes its claim directly on the Atlantic City Boardwalk with views of a ferris wheel and lighthouse as though to remind you of the city’s modest beachtown origins.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 May 2026
November stakes In Lake County, the positions of Clerk, Treasurer, and Sheriff — currently held by Anthony Vega, Holly Kim and John Idleburg, respectively — are all coming up for election, as well as county board positions for Districts 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 19.
—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
Small towns may have the majority of oceanfront real estate, but Pensacola stakes its claim with more than 50 miles of white-sand shoreline.
—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
12 Mar. 2026
That is, until Vlad arrives and stakes a claim on her every waking thought.
—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
5 Mar. 2026
The majority stakes the largest detention initiative in American history on the possibility that … Congress must have wanted these noncitizens detained—some of them the spouses, mothers, fathers, and grandparents of American citizens.
—
Ben Fenwick,
Oklahoma Watch,
12 Feb. 2026
For the Chinese Communist Party, which stakes its claim to legitimacy on defeating Japanese invaders during World War II, that would be an unforgivable outrage.
—
Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
9 Feb. 2026
Mexicali stakes a claim to the clamato cocktail, a heady blend of vodka, clam juice and other ingredients invented in the 1960s by a bartender at the city’s Acueducto Piano Bar.
—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stakes
Noun
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That political independence has enabled the Fed to make decisions that might be unpopular in the short term, but that have the best interests of the US economy in mind for the long term.
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Republican legislators, taking their lead from a president who sees half the nation as his personal enemy, have put their own party’s interests over the republic’s.
Noun
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Some of Microsoft’s bets are paying off.
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Why place bets on a player with eroding bargaining power with its memory suppliers?
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One dollar of every ticket sold for the Saturday night concert went towards the CMT Research Foundation, an organization that funds research to find a cure for Charcot-Marie-Tooth.
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One dollar of every ticket sold on Saturday night the CMT Research Foundation, an organization that funds research to find a cure for Charcot-Marie-Tooth.
Verb
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Bond puts increase in value when bond prices fall and interest rates rise, allowing investors to offset losses elsewhere in their portfolios if borrowing costs jump unexpectedly.
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That puts those Lawler-supporting Democrats in the unique position of helping choose his next opponent by voting in the June 23 primary.
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General Motors shares have dropped almost 4% this year, giving up some ground after surging more than 52% in 2025 and 48% in 2024.
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Copilot has struggled, and Microsoft’s shares are down double-digits in the past year as investors have fretted over AI’s impact on software, Microsoft’s reliance on OpenAI, and its heavy data center spending.
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In the four-page ruling, Aquilina wrote that Kalshi violated the state's gaming industry by allowing people aged 18 to place wagers, as opposed to Michigan's age requirement of 21 and older.
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Kalshi risks more Illinois fights Illinois seems certain that there are many questions that courts must answer before prediction markets like Kalshi can keep taking sports wagers.
Verb
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Read on for your June career and finances horoscope according to your zodiac sign.
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Taxes from tabs go to the state Highway User Tax Distribution Fund, which finances Minnesota’s highway system.
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“Stakes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stakes. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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