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grubstaked

verb

past tense of grubstake
as in paid off

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  1. paid off
  2. paid
  3. stood
  4. defrayed
  5. liquidated
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  • The chief market strategist at MAI Capital Management took a big position in Dell Technologies earlier this year, a bet that paid off when the server maker suddenly caught AI lightning in a bottle after earlier selling for just eight times earnings.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The move paid off against Georgia State, but questions remain about the Knights’ ability to hold up on the line of scrimmage.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2026
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  • Many Ducks are certainly going to be better paid than last year.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Her loft was in decent enough shape this past September that Keanu Reeves reportedly paid $45,000 a month to stay there with his partner, Alexandra Grant, while making his most excellent Broadway debut in Waiting for Godot with Alex Winter.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 26 Sep. 2026
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  • Prior to the war’s launch, average gas prices stood at just under $3 a gallon, while diesel prices were less than $4 a gallon.
    — Rob Wile, NBC news, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Ronaldo Salgado looked around the room as about a dozen people stood.
    — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of stood
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  • These costs are defrayed by the consumption tax—which Takaichi promises to slash on food—and by income taxes paid by a shrinking labor force.
    — Jeff Kingston, Time, 15 Feb. 2026
Definition of defrayed
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  • The move was amplified by a cascade of short covering, with more than $300 million in short bitcoin positions liquidated over the past 24 hours, according to CoinGlass.
    — Sean Conlon,Justina Lee,Sarah Min, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The state of Delaware wrongly seized and liquidated his stock after the man didn’t log into his trading account for years.
    — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
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“Grubstaked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grubstaked. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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