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as in interest
a legal right to participation in the advantages, profits, and responsibility of something
if I invest in your business, I expect a stake in it in return
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as in to fund
to provide money for
the actor staked the entire production of the film with his own money
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Recent Examples of stake
Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2025
Specializing in high-stakes fields like medical technology and pharmaceutics, his expertise has been repriced as an AI cleanup service.
—Harry Booth, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
Douglas Schoen, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
But Qualcomm has staked the most on NPU performance.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Pair with their selection of French wines or pull up stakes for a post prandial at Nihonshu Genka Sakagura, an izakaya offering a rotating selection of over 50 sakes at cost.
—Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2025
Specializing in high-stakes fields like medical technology and pharmaceutics, his expertise has been repriced as an AI cleanup service.
—Harry Booth, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
And, having staked his reputation – and leadership role within the Democratic party – on passing the ballot measure, polling data reinforces that Newsom is left with few options.
—Douglas Schoen, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
But Qualcomm has staked the most on NPU performance.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stake
Noun
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But its lawmakers said these products needed regulation for the interest of public health and safety.—
Gina Lee Castro,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Jack Cutmore-Scott as Julius Beaufort, an arrogant new money banker at the center of New York society with an interest in Ellen.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That spurred traders to ramp up bets that the Fed will cut rates in October, providing a boost for stocks.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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Conversely, most high-risk bets don’t pay off.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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With the ending of placements at the Civic and city-funded rooms in other CoLEAD shelters, safety ambassadors who were paid to quell the violence on Third Avenue turned to other shelter organizations.—
Ashley Hiruko,
ProPublica,
6 Oct. 2025
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Among the group's priorities is funding the coalition's affordable housing trust fund, which was created to provide homes for households with an annual income of less than $30,000.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Let the filter dry completely before putting it back and using the blow dryer again.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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Notre Dame had a 79-yard TD drive in the third quarter and a 52-yarder in the fourth to put the game away.—
Jim Keyser,
Idaho Statesman,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Many of those that still produce a large share of their products in cities and towns such as Geneva, Vevey, and Zurich—like Nestlé’s Nespresso coffee arm, DSM-Firmenich, and heavy industrial equipment makers like ABB and Hitachi Energy—are unusual in being able to do so competitively.—
Peter Vanham,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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Merck’s shares jumped over 5%, amid an announcement that deputy CEO Kai Beckmann will take the reins currently held by CEO Belén Garijo.—
Tasmin Lockwood,Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Look no further than the wagers presented on the daily high temperatures of cities across the country.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Now, with sports betting legal across much of the country, there’s no shortage of wagers to place.—
TJ Macias,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The film is financed by the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Kinepolis Film Distribution (KFD), Proximus, VRT, and the Belgian tax shelter (in cooperation with BNP Paribas Fortis Film Finance and Casa Kafka Pictures).—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
6 Oct. 2025
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The organization Fifty for the Future is donating $25,000 to a fundraising campaign meant to finance improvements to Little Rock Fire Department stations and the purchase of basic items for firefighters' living spaces, officials announced Monday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Pharmaceutical companies have been wary of even minor concessions, insisting that the high prices paid by Americans subsidize the huge sums that go into researching and developing new drugs.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
2 Oct. 2025
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Their insurance would remain heavily subsidized, just at the lower level established by the original Affordable Care Act legislation.—
Margot Sanger-Katz,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Stake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stake. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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