Thesaurus results for GAMBLING (ON)

gambling (on)

verb

Definition of gambling (on)

present participle of gamble (on)

as in risking

to take a chance on a movie studio willing to gamble on a new actress for its summer blockbuster

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In the early 1960s, Americans looked at Cuba under Castro and understood why people were risking everything to come here.

— Ray Watford, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026
These errors can cause crashes or enable attackers to exploit memory vulnerabilities, risking data corruption or executing malicious code.

— Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

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