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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
Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Unlike traditional ETFs, these investments are tied to event contracts and essentially place bets on real-world events.
—Krysta Escobar, CNBC, 10 May 2026
Samantha Subin, CNBC, 8 May 2026
Russell, 28, entered the season as the betting-odds favorite to win the title.
—Sahil Kapur, NBC news, 3 May 2026
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Noun
Continuing to jettison those commitments for maximum future value will be of the utmost importance in the years ahead, because fitting everything into the Canucks’ current timeline is a very thin bet.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Unlike traditional ETFs, these investments are tied to event contracts and essentially place bets on real-world events.
—Krysta Escobar, CNBC, 10 May 2026
Verb
In spreading the wealth to a wider swath of hardware companies, investors are clearly betting that the bull market in AI has long legs and that data centers are going to need a wider array of advanced components for years to come.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 8 May 2026
Russell, 28, entered the season as the betting-odds favorite to win the title.
—Sahil Kapur, NBC news, 3 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bet
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TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, still retains a minority stake in the American version of TikTok, which licenses its algorithm from ByteDance.—
Katherine Faulders,
ABC News,
8 May 2026
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Orlopp declined to comment on rumors that the German government, which has a 12% stake in Commerzbank, could increase its stake as part of an alternative proposal.—
Hugh Leask,
CNBC,
8 May 2026
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From the looming white-domed oven emerge the flakiest pies, feteer, built of gauzy layers of dough, pressed with ghee and stretched, then folded one inside another around your choice of filling.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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The Taurus Sun sextiles Jupiter in your 4th House of Home, making practical choices around security, family, or resources feel unusually constructive.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
10 May 2026
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If a drug retails for $100 and a hospital can buy it for $60, then charges the patient or their insurance the full $100 price, the hospital then has $40 to put toward other expenses.—
Dené K. Dryden,
Twin Cities,
8 May 2026
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Neto expanded and was able to put a ball into right field.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2026
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But turning world events into wagers can deplete empathy, cautions Brad Fulton, associate professor of management and social policy at Indiana University Bloomington.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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These wagers raise concerns about how campaign operatives might exploit private information for quick financial gain amid an unsettled legal landscape.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
7 May 2026
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Employees throughout the organization submit ideas for buzzy entertainment properties that might draw newcomers to Fenway before Pollio’s team identifies their favorites.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
12 May 2026
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Big bank stocks, a favorite of Street bulls entering the year, have lagged the S & P 500 by 10 percentage points over the past three months.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
12 May 2026
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“Bet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bet. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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