Thesaurus results for JACKPOTS

jackpots

noun

plural of jackpot

as in predicaments

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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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 jackpots Four of the biggest 10 jackpots in Powerball history have had tickets sold in California, including the largest one in 2022. — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026 Federal taxes on Powerball wins Federal taxes on lottery jackpots are determined by which income bracket the winnings fall into. — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026 The jackpot is now the eighth largest jackpots in game history. — ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026 The draw game sales figure doesn’t include state revenue from the recent rollover jackpots in the multi-state games of Powerball and Mega Millions, where the winning ticket on Tuesday was sold at a Wawa in Bradenton. — Jim Turner, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026 Since joining Mega Millions back in 2013, Mega Millions said Florida has won or shared in a total of six Mega Millions jackpots. — Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 29 July 2026 The $633 Powerball jackpot and $800 million Mega Millions jackpots remain available for the next drawings in each game. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 27 July 2026 The larger pool of possible players means Powerball jackpots could start growing even faster, and the odds of winning the grand prize would remain the same. — Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026 The Idaho Lottery reported record sales this past year, including a 5% increase in Scratch Games and two $1 billion-dollar-plus jackpots on Powerball. — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 16 July 2026

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Noun

Aemond, too, for that matter, while Daemon’s arrogance continues to get Team Black into all sorts of predicaments.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Rather than bridging shortfalls, both Seattle and Washington now face more difficult fiscal predicaments, Joblon said.

— Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 18 May 2026

Definition of predicaments

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Wherever the water stands in pools, and by the edges of the lakes and bayous, the giant cypress loom aloft, rivaled in size by some of the red gums and white oaks.

— Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
There are often needs to consolidate, scale, access new pools of capital or bring in outside expertise, which can require a family to cede some degree of company control.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of pools

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Instead, the culinary team reworked the dressing into a richer, creamier dill ranch designed to mellow the burger’s sharp briny flavors while still letting the pickles shine.

— Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 10 Aug. 2026
Water-bath canning handles high-acid foods like tomatoes, fruit and pickles.

— Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of pickles

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Less wealthy associations within and outside the confederation have relied heavily on FIFA funds via Infantino’s FIFA Forward program, the precursor to FFE, which was introduced by him in 2016.

— Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Here, the bankruptcy trustee knew about the Purplemed sale for $15 million and that most of the funds were in the Children's Trust.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of funds

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Hossler was leading until a 30-minute delay because of storms, and returned to three-putt from 30 feet for bogey on the par-3 16th hole, ending his streak of 31 holes without a bogey.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Eagle has filed permit applications for a planned pre-feasibility drilling campaign that includes 47 drill holes covering roughly 27,000 feet.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of holes

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But bad ideas are like those Hollywood horror movies in which monsters always reemerge from the swamps to terrorize us again.

— Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
This member of the Colubridae family of snakes is found in mangrove swamps and tropical lowland forests from the Malay Peninsula to the Philippines.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of swamps

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