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Recent Examples of wager
Lauren Goode, Wired News, 6 Sep. 2025
The pair make a wager: Jerome will leave to attend to some business affairs for 100 nights and Manfred will attempt to seduce Cherry.
—Leila Latif, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
The league’s gambling policy prohibits players and team employees from wagering on baseball, even legally.
—Amy Taxin, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Last year, Americans spent over $150 billion betting on sports, with a big chunk of those wagers being made online.
—Lauren Goode, Wired News, 6 Sep. 2025
The pair make a wager: Jerome will leave to attend to some business affairs for 100 nights and Manfred will attempt to seduce Cherry.
—Leila Latif, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
Most of the money wagered in lotteries isn’t in these jackpot drawing games, said Matheson.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
The league’s gambling policy prohibits players and team employees from wagering on baseball, even legally.
—Amy Taxin, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wager
Noun
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Monday's order doesn't change Delta's 20% equity stake in Aeromexico.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
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Twelve policymakers at the Federal Reserve are set to take a high-stakes vote this week on the nation's benchmark interest rate, attempting to steer the economy through a stormy bout of slow hiring and rising inflation.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Ficco urged those who sports bet to use reputable online big platforms, do research about where people deposit their money and be cautious.—
Patricio Chile,
ABC News,
13 Sep. 2025
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The betting pick is that Silva will win this fight via knockout to keep the Fighting Nerds championship hopes alive.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But Karl Maybach’s greatest contribution to the wonders of European civilization were his enormously powerful diesel engines that gave birth to the very first high-speed trains of Europe, emphatically putting steam trains out of business.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Studies put misread rates between 10% and 35%, depending on conditions.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Wager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wager. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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