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grubstaking

present participle of grubstake

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Verb
  • For example, your goal may be paying off $20,000 in student loans over the next three years, or perhaps automatically saving $100 every week for a whole year.
    Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The experiments were paying off.
    Katie Thornton, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • On average, paying cash for care could be cheaper especially with lower-cost options like telemedicine and urgent care.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
  • With Apple Intelligence still months away from broad rollout and upgrade elasticity weakening, investors may be paying a premium for a business entering a slower-growth phase.
    Tony Zhang, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • In 2025, protesters were not just rejecting oligarchic rot, but also reaffirming their long-standing frustration over India’s role in sustaining it.
    MUHIB RAHMAN, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Foraging for black walnuts is a long-standing tradition in the Ozarks, providing extra cash for harvesters and connecting people with the outdoors.
    Randy Moll, Arkansas Online, 11 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Microsoft says one group, Octo Tempest, used Teams to taunt victims and pressure them into paying up, showing how personal these attacks can get.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The president had previously been adamant about Harvard paying up, as a few other schools have done, to end federal actions against it.
    Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The resolution of casino debts is often its own drama, whether in liquidating assets or arriving at complex arrangements for payment.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
  • That might mean liquidating nearly all assets or eating seeds needed for future planting.
    Nurith Aizenman, NPR, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The biggest obstacle to moving the initiative forward is funding.
    Kristin Larson, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Marking recommended several cuts related to school programming by the 2026-27 school year, such as eliminating the parent participation preschool, funding for sixth grade camping field trips and paying for testing related to GATE, SAT, International Baccalaureate and AP testing.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Automakers have been footing a hefty tariff bill — to the tune of $30 billion across the industry this year, according to a recent analysis from Moody's.
    Camila Domonoske, NPR, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Insurance providers haven’t been increasing their reimbursements, which means either the patients or the practices are footing that bill.
    Kelly Evans, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Grubstaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grubstaking. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.

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