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as in choice
a person or thing that is chosen
your best bet would be the scenic route along the coast
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Recent Examples of bet
Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
Jupiter always takes big swings and makes huge bets to win large.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 7 Nov. 2025
Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
Past performances do not guarantee success in the future and betting odds fluctuate from one minute to the next.
—Jacob Camenker, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
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Noun
Were any of the kids who stayed up to see Yoshinobu Yamamoto heroically close out the series thinking about prop bets or the over/under?
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
Jupiter always takes big swings and makes huge bets to win large.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
Bettors allegedly won $400,000 from betting platforms on pitchers thrown by Clase between 2023 and 2025.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
Past performances do not guarantee success in the future and betting odds fluctuate from one minute to the next.
—Jacob Camenker, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bet
Noun
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The company count included insiders like Musk, who held around a 15% stake in Tesla going into the proxy and was allowed to vote his shares.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
11 Nov. 2025
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Or, more high-stakes still, what to do if his family comes looking for him.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The best heroes are beloved because their choices — admirable, messy, or otherwise — are hard ones made in service of something greater.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
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The two were impeccably dressed as Gomez and Morticia Addams, which is a canonically Gay couple costume choice — Lakshmi, as Morticia, was holding scissors in one of the posts, for crying out loud.—
James Factora,
Them.,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Johnson’s 55-yard TD run in the third quarter put MidAmerica Nazarene up 31-0.—
The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
9 Nov. 2025
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Younger consumers are, as Veblen might put it, performing taste with efficiency.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In May, the indictment said, Clase agreed to throw a ball at a certain point in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, but the batter swung, resulting in a strike, costing the bettors $4,000 in wagers.—
NPR,
NPR,
9 Nov. 2025
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Multiple bettors placed high-stakes wagers on Rozier to perform poorly before the game, all of which won.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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This weekend, the Rams (6-2) are clear road favorites in a rematch with one of just two teams that has beaten them this year.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Now made with high-quality faux florals and durable wire frames, some of our favorites are nearly identical to the real thing.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Bet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bet. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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