PARLAYS Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

parlays

verb

present tense third-person singular of parlay

as in expands

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. —

Ming Liu, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2026

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Verb

The film expands Haig’s play and includes additional characters and sequences, including the actual D-day invasion.

— Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
And yet as the series expands from and twists around its simple horror concept (a wedding at the groom-to-be’s family house in the woods is fated for a titular dark catastrophe), Morrone’s performance as Rachel is able to shoulder the weight of quite a bit of backstory and a complicated endgame.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 May 2026