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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 parlays
There are also nods to Audemars Piguet’s more recent history, like a cool Marshall jukebox packed with songs from AP collaborators—Mark Ronson, John Mayer, and Raye, among them—which parlays the strong music seam that runs though the new AP House.
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Ming Liu, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2026
Ming Liu, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parlays
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Frontier expands routes, will cut less profitable ones Dempsey took over from longtime Frontier CEO Barry Biffle in December and has unwound some of his more aggressive expansion plans.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
8 May 2026
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If the College Football Playoff expands, the urgency of the regular season diminishes by comparison, and in a sport that had, inarguably, the greatest regular season in sports, that's a huge blow.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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And that litigative trail extends to Davis, who is currently navigating personal bankruptcy tied to the fallout over his previous venture, BeautyKind.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
12 May 2026
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The headline pitch for these accounts is that they’ll be seeded with a one-time $1,000 government contribution for children born from 2025 through 2028, unless Congress extends the government donation.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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Consumers’ coffers have been buffered by larger tax refunds, wage gains (although slowing), and wealth boosts (particularly for upper-income consumers).—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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Supporting pollinators boosts biodiversity and helps maintain a healthy, thriving garden ecosystem.—
Lauren Landers,
The Spruce,
5 May 2026
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The companies that structure their data for agents now, rather than locking it inside app interfaces, will be better positioned as that transition accelerates.—
Zach Lloyd,
Fortune,
13 May 2026
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Makary has touted his accomplishments as commissioner, including his priority voucher program that accelerates review times for certain drugs.—
Annika Kim Constantino,Angelica Peebles,
CNBC,
12 May 2026
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Posting on multiple platforms simultaneously increases your reach, but be aware that spreading the budget evenly across all of them generally doesn't work.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
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The vote signifies the latest push by the group to slow or halt wage increases for tourism workers in the city, increases that hospitality and service worker unions have pushed for to coincide with the 2028 Olympics.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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Potatoes must grow in darkness in order to prevent them from producing toxic solanine, which develops from sun exposure.—
Asia London Palomba,
The Spruce,
11 May 2026
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If someone in the quarantine unit develops symptoms, they would be assessed and moved to the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit.—
Nicole Brown Chau,
CBS News,
11 May 2026
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That number jumps to 81 percent for Latina Gen Z-ers and 83 percent for Latina Millennials.—
Jenny B. Fine,
Footwear News,
8 May 2026
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The Neo starts at $599 for 256GB of storage and jumps to $699 for a 512GB model with a Touch ID scanner.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
8 May 2026
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That turns the chatbot from a substitute for care into something that augments the therapeutic alliance between you and your care team.—
Sudheesha Perera,
Time,
6 May 2026
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This is the first of a new type of rideshare program flying to that orbit that augments SpaceX’s Transporter program that flies to SSO.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 May 2026
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“Parlays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parlays. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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