PARLAYED Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

parlayed

verb

past tense of parlay

as in expanded

to use or develop (something) to get something else that has greater value He hoped to parlay his basketball skills into a college scholarship.

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Recent Examples of parlayed Alba isn’t alone — a number of former child and teen stars have parlayed early success into impressive wealth, from billion-dollar business ventures to sprawling entertainment empires, including Jami Gertz and Selena Gomez. —

Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026 Dimitris says his father parlayed the win in Boston for a meeting with President Harry Truman. —

Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026 The Wolves then parlayed that closing run into a pair of impressive series victories. —

Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 17 Apr. 2026 Yeahs parlayed their New York hero status into career artists, the Mooney Suzuki, whose 1999 EP was heralded as a watershed moment for the scene, had the unfortunate fate of missing out on the boom. —

Daniel Kohn, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2026 Heated Rivalry breakouts Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams have parlayed their overnight fame into voiceover work for the audio erotica app Quinn, also home to dirty talk from internet boyfriends like Christopher Briney and Andrew Scott. —

Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 15 Apr. 2026 Kohl parlayed that success into what a source told the Herald is a $140,000 NIL deal that is by far the largest in FIU history. —

Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2026 In a twist that makes perfect sense these days, both coaches parlayed roots in the mid-majors to a spot on the sport’s biggest stage. —

Eddie Pells, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026 In a twist that makes perfect sense these days, both coaches parlayed roots in the mid-majors to a spot on the sport’s biggest stage. —

Eddie Pells, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2026

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Turner expanded that purchase into Turner Broadcasting System, or TBS, which included Turner Network Television, or TNT, and the groundbreaking 24-hour news channel Cable News Network, or CNN, which launched its nonstop news coverage in 1980.

— Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Neto expanded and was able to put a ball into right field.

— LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2026