as in ventures
a risky undertaking
it's a gamble, but I'm willing to take the risk
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Recent Examples of gambles
Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2025
As awards season progresses, the success or failure of these strategic gambles will likely influence how future romantic dramas approach their campaigns, potentially reshaping decades of precedent in favor of more aggressive positioning strategies.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
And the fallout from too many bad gambles, no matter how unfair the succession of hands you’ve been dealt, is about to come spilling out over the rest of the Friedken family.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
The big gambles on AI are paying off.
—Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2025
Nike's new shift to align with Kim Kardashian for their women's primer product rather than an elite woman athlete reveals a new strategy and gambles that the trend in hyper-feminism aspiration is more representative of their current female customer base.
—C200, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Summits between heads of state are high-stakes gambles to achieve breakthrough solutions.
—Celeste A. Wallander, Foreign Affairs, 9 Sep. 2025
After a barrage of freaky, teasing scares, and a lot of ominous attention directed at Alex’s house, where something evil is clearly going on, Weapons gambles on providing solutions.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
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Superman proved to fire off the new DC under chiefs James Gunn and Peter Safran, while the original gambles that Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy have made at the larger Warner Bros Motion Picture Group with Sinners and F1, as well as new IP A Minecraft Movie, have been smashing successes.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2025
As awards season progresses, the success or failure of these strategic gambles will likely influence how future romantic dramas approach their campaigns, potentially reshaping decades of precedent in favor of more aggressive positioning strategies.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
And the fallout from too many bad gambles, no matter how unfair the succession of hands you’ve been dealt, is about to come spilling out over the rest of the Friedken family.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
The big gambles on AI are paying off.
—Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2025
Nike's new shift to align with Kim Kardashian for their women's primer product rather than an elite woman athlete reveals a new strategy and gambles that the trend in hyper-feminism aspiration is more representative of their current female customer base.
—C200, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Summits between heads of state are high-stakes gambles to achieve breakthrough solutions.
—Celeste A. Wallander, Foreign Affairs, 9 Sep. 2025
After a barrage of freaky, teasing scares, and a lot of ominous attention directed at Alex’s house, where something evil is clearly going on, Weapons gambles on providing solutions.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gambles
Noun
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And yet, none of these expensive ventures has proven as effective at generating genuine global goodwill as a simple chocolate bar.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
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The Indie Gaming Boom and Democratization of Development Over the past several years, there has been a sizable uptick in the quantity and quality of independent gaming ventures.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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If a new account opens and immediately bets on a single player micro-market, that’s suspicious.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Similarly, if an existing account that typically bets $50 on certain games suddenly places a $1,000 bet, that outlier behavior could trigger an investigation.—
Dian Zhang,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Back in November 2023, the Oscar winner chatted with Kylie Jenner for Interview magazine and denied cosmetic enhancement speculations by crediting her makeup artist for his optical illusion glam.—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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Often expressed in metaphor, geomyths preserve natural knowledge, understanding, and speculations about how landscapes were formed, as well as memories of catastrophes and their impact on human communities.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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That will be especially difficult given that Ruby tends to push aside anything that puts her in a negative light.—
Alamin Yohannes,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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While the dry upland habitat loss puts stress on swamp rabbit populations, the loss and drainage of wetlands also poses a challenge for the struggling rabbits.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Longterm stress has been linked to greater chances of cardiac events like heart failure or attacks and chronic issues like hypertension and high blood pressure.—
Sandra Rose Salathe,
Flow Space,
29 Oct. 2025
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Stillwater had better scoring chances in the first half, but Abigail McGowan came up big each time, the latter a diving stop to thwart Lawrence.—
Mike Cook,
Twin Cities,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Gambles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gambles. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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