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Recent Examples of grubstake
Out of cash, Steen reluctantly abandoned grubstaking to work as a carpenter in Tucson, Arizona, for a year, but the uranium called to him.
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Aaron Robinson, Car and Driver, 27 July 2017
Aaron Robinson, Car and Driver, 27 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grubstake
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Arizona school districts spend millions monitoring students online At least 52 Arizona school districts or charter schools have paid for monitoring software in the past five years, according to GovSpend, a company that tracks government spending data.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Offer paid apprenticeships and fast-track training for entry-level IT roles.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Seek donations to defray expenses, such as renting tables and chairs.—
Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
13 Aug. 2025
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There are ways, however, that Disney can defray that deficit.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Drake has long followed a similar flood-the-market philosophy, and it’s paid off for him.—
Xander Zellner,
Billboard,
7 Aug. 2025
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Companies today are investing heavily in AI—and that investment is paying off.—
Tigran Sloyan,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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That might mean liquidating nearly all assets or eating seeds needed for future planting.—
Nurith Aizenman,
NPR,
25 July 2025
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Some gold products are easier to liquidate than others, and dealer buy-back policies can vary.—
Max Baecker,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Visit Orlando, which is funded by tourist and development taxes, also reported the average daily price for an Orange County hotel room increased by 4.2% to nearly $200.—
Zoey Thomas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Aug. 2025
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Cleveland-Cliffs abandoned plans to make its Middletown steel plant more environmentally friendly, a project that would have been funded in part by a $500 million federal grant for clean energy projects.—
Victoria Moorwood,
The Enquirer,
5 Aug. 2025
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Former mayor Richard Irvin, who had staked much of the city’s future on downtown Aurora becoming a long-term hub for arts and entertainment, was defeated by John Laesch, who is now in office and has said Aurora now faces a gap between revenue and expenses.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Aug. 2025
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Moderna staked its entire identity around mRNA, while BioNTech saw it as one piece of a broader portfolio focused on immunology and oncology.—
Angelica Peebles,
CNBC,
31 July 2025
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Rioters have typically been ordered to pay $500 if found guilty of a misdemeanor or $2,000 if convicted of a felony to the Architect of the Capitol to recompense for the damage.—
Ella Lee,
The Hill,
13 Apr. 2025
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Our society doesn’t send teenagers to fight each other to the death and watch it on live TV as a form of entertainment and recompense for a long-ago rebellion.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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This article was underwritten as part of a promotional agreement between The Enquirer and the Cincinnati Ballet.—
David Lyman,
The Enquirer,
7 Aug. 2025
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If an insurance policy is underwritten for only those particular 100 flips, the insurance company could suffer substantial losses on that policy.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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“Grubstake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grubstake. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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