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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
Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
The best bet to avoid some of the crowds is to head out early or late in the day, but delays are inevitable, state officials said.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2025
Jacob Camenker, USA Today, 21 Sep. 2025
Still betting on this legacy, which has been built up so well in the past.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
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Noun
India's 18-billion-dollar bet on semiconductors.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
The best bet to avoid some of the crowds is to head out early or late in the day, but delays are inevitable, state officials said.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
Sports betting operators have no influence over nor are any such revenues in any way dependent on or linked to the newsrooms or news coverage.
—Jacob Camenker, USA Today, 21 Sep. 2025
Still betting on this legacy, which has been built up so well in the past.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bet
Noun
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My colleague David Ferrara and I spoke with university officials, immigrant experts and a former UC international student to learn more about what's at stake when this particular number drops.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
30 Sep. 2025
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Michigan has ten stakes, a phrase the LDS Church uses that is similar to a diocese in other Christian denominations.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Freep.com,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The company released a more expensive version of its subscription-fee offering in the EU in 2023, but was slapped with a €200 million ($232 million) fine in April after regulators argued the model still breached the bloc’s digital antitrust rules and didn’t offer users a genuine free choice.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
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Since then, what counts as a good (virtuous) choice versus a bad (unvirtuous) one has become less and less clearly defined.—
Sophia Rosenfeld
September 26,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The production came just in time to help the Angels (72-88) put a serious dent in the Astros’ chances of going to the playoffs.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
27 Sep. 2025
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Robot boot camps to drive change To put that into perspective, its most significant rival in this area, the United States, currently only deploys around a tenth of that a year.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Luckily, there is no odds restriction with this wager, and FanDuel Sportsbook provides several betting opportunities that new users can take advantage of.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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Over the past several months, a few state regulators have ordered Kalshi to stop accepting wagers on sports events, alleging that the company’s activities do not comply with local gaming laws.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Most recently, her work has gone viral after blessing the tresses of not one but three Love Island USA favorites.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 Sep. 2025
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The Packers are clearly the favorites Sunday.—
Jon Machota,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Bet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bet. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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