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jackpot

noun

ˈjak-ˌpät

Definition of jackpot

as in predicament

chiefly West a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape a wily dude who managed to get himself out of one jackpot after another

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as in pool

the total of the bets at stake at one time once the jackpot hit $100 million, everybody and his cousin was buying lottery tickets

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Recent Examples of jackpot The Powerball jackpot was last won May 2, when players from Florida and Texas hit the $20 million jackpot. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026 No one won the Mega Millions jackpot, but one lucky winner in Florida matched five balls to win $2 million. — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 11 July 2026 Those are the astronomical odds a ticket buyer will need to overcome to win the Mega Millions jackpot. — Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 Tuesday’s major money Florida Lottery draw games — Jackpot Triple Play, Mega Millions, Fantasy 5 — produced two big winners from one jackpot. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for jackpot

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Noun

The combination of Olise’s footwork and Mbappé’s speed creates a don’t-know-where-to-turn predicament for France’s opponents.

— Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
Potential romantic entanglement aside, these two have seriously different perspectives on Paula’s predicament.

— Erin Qualey, Vulture, 1 July 2026

Definition of predicament

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But plenty of factors dictate draft order, with the bonus pool system also affecting team strategy.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
This tactical ideology is what gives Morocco an edge, understanding what works so well in Europe and adapting it to their player pool.

— Chris Evans, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026

Definition of pool

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Shoved in a corner was an adult-size pickle costume by the designer who made Katy Perry’s Super Bowl halftime-show sharks.

— Emma Allen, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
The project includes everything from videos of an Indigenous musician performing a song about water in the Tongva language to brothers worrying about the future of their family’s 60-year-old pickle business in the face of gentrification.

— Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026

Definition of pickle

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Deciding whether to include a second job on your resume is a common dilemma, as hiring managers often disagree on such details.

— Caroline Ceniza-Levine, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
As open source models become more capable, governments are going to face a real dilemma about what to do about them.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 2 July 2026

Definition of dilemma

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Mozeliak said the Angels should not consider a trade proposal in isolation, without considering how to flex their major-market muscles to fill whatever hole a trade might create.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
The difference between these two measurements gives the exciton binding energy, a key quantity that determines how strongly the electron and hole remain bound together.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 5 July 2026

Definition of hole

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Plain deviled eggs are served with a side of pickled vegetables, bacon jam and black pepper.

— Justin Brown, AJC.com, 12 July 2026
Scott notes that while the flesh of the Hawthorn berry is fully edible and commonly used to make jams and jellies, consuming large quantities of whole berries can be harmful as the seeds contain toxic cyanogenic glycosides.

— SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 11 July 2026

Definition of jam

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His team did not react fast enough on defense, and soon after Andreas Schjelderup sent a left-footed shot from left of the box to the top right corner and in off the right post.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 12 July 2026
None of that history mattered though when Nick Moon put Boise on the scoreboard in the seventh minute and forced club staff to scramble for a new corner flag.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 12 July 2026

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