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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
Grace Hase, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
Netflix’s big comedy bet might be the Dan Levy–Rachel Sennott co-creation Big Mistakes; the biting, farcical series about adult siblings who get caught up in the drug business plays like Weeds crossed with The Other Two.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 2 May 2026
Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 2 May 2026
But the war and the surge in oil prices has upended the policymaking assumptions of the central bank and bond traders, who are now betting against another rate cut in 2026.
—Krysta Escobar, CNBC, 2 May 2026
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Noun
The June 2 primary also marks the first time that Democrats might start to see their redistricting bet pay off.
—Grace Hase, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
Netflix’s big comedy bet might be the Dan Levy–Rachel Sennott co-creation Big Mistakes; the biting, farcical series about adult siblings who get caught up in the drug business plays like Weeds crossed with The Other Two.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 2 May 2026
Verb
Unsurprisingly, this is pretty hard to replicate in the modern sports betting ecosystem.
—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 2 May 2026
But the war and the surge in oil prices has upended the policymaking assumptions of the central bank and bond traders, who are now betting against another rate cut in 2026.
—Krysta Escobar, CNBC, 2 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bet
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Still, the story, in which an underdog plays knight in shining armor to a mysterious woman, is far too schematic to have real stakes in a franchise that revolves around another character.—
Beatrice Loayza,
Variety,
1 May 2026
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At the top of racing’s competitive tiers are graded stakes.—
Neil Greenberg,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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Her activities of choice are perusing Pinterest and surfing YouTube Shorts—essentially a high-latency TikTok.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Escobarete is glad Campbell made the choice to become a Crusader.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
4 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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Flagg and Knueppel traded places as betting favorites during the season, but Flagg’s 96-point outburst over two games on the second-to-last weekend might have tipped the scales.—
Schuyler Dixon,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Lines to see the fan favorites — Griner, second-year guard Saniya Rivers, former UConn star Aaliyah Edwards — wrapped around the length of the court for nearly an hour.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Bet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bet. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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