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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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Her team quickly put together a plan to help coördinate repairs, secure new electrical generators, implement a triage system, and organize trainings for staff.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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The Bengals, who at one point trailed 6-1, put the game on ice with eight runs in the bottom of the sixth.—
Tony Baranek,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2026
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Overall, Kalshi’s app and website bettors risked about $800 million creating custom multi-leg wagers during the first four months of this year.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
13 May 2026
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Either use 1/ST BET, the official betting app of the event, or place a wager in-person at Laurel Park.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
8 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 15 May. 2026.
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