Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for betting (on)
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The wagering platform hopes to attract people to betting who don’t already spend their days thinking about odds and spreads by relying on a decidedly different kind of spokesperson for its Super Bowl ad.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2026 -
Most prediction markets offer similar-looking products to sportsbooks, but under federal oversight rather than state regulation, and there have been concerns about the integrity monitoring associated with wagering via these new platforms.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Improbably, by rejecting the poetic ambitions of a young boy and subjecting him as a Black man in America to all manner of everyday micro and macro racist transgressions, the world gained a master storyteller.—
Lou Fancher,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Between 1995 and 2015, both publications—which have a combined circulation of some eighty thousand Canadian family doctors and pharmacists—regularly ran columns from the Motherisk team without subjecting them to peer review.—
Ben Taub,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Opponents worry about breaking existing environmental protections for the region, and endangering the treaty altogether.—
Christian Elliott,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2026
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Falling into a frozen pond or pool can result in life-endangering hypothermia.—
Amanda McCoy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Jan. 2026
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Most important, even though some firms that automate entry-level roles may continue to perform well individually, the collective impact could be a major national talent deficit, jeopardizing the United States at large for decades and damaging its competitive position worldwide.—
Patrick E. Hopkins,
Fortune,
27 Jan. 2026
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This leads to a de facto seizure without outright invasion, placing Denmark in a precarious position and jeopardizing the NATO alliance.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Betting (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/betting%20%28on%29. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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