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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
Ben Smith, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
What is at stake is not just trade policy but the very principle that law constrains power.
—Dan Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2025
Whereas those teams are able to spend €20m-€30m on a Bundesliga-ready prospect, Werder cannot stake similar amounts.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The additional shares on offer could boost Musk’s stake in the carmaker to at least 25%, Bloomberg reported.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
What is at stake is not just trade policy but the very principle that law constrains power.
—Dan Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
The 2025 Missouri football media guide indicates that by winning the last three meetings and five of the last six, MU has staked a claim to a 57-54-9 record over the Jayhawks.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2025
Whereas those teams are able to spend €20m-€30m on a Bundesliga-ready prospect, Werder cannot stake similar amounts.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stake
Noun
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Paxton’s interest in Paul’s plight was bizarre, obsessive and so far beyond normal operations at the attorney general’s office that the agency’s top officials struggled to convey their concerns during the hourslong meeting with two FBI agents.—
Kimberly Ross,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Market bets on an interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve in September were unchanged shortly following the print, with CME's FedWatch tool suggesting a 90% probability of a quarter-percentage point cut and a 10% chance of a bigger half-point reduction.—
Jenni Reid,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Alaska is your second-best bet, offering consistent performance across the board.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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On Wednesday, the NCAA permanently banned three Fresno State players for illicitly placing prop bets on themselves or teammates to over or underperform in certain statistical categories.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Seely's role is funded through a collaboration between the Freedom Forum and Journalism Funding Partners.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The Chinese government runs an array of grantmaking programs to fund and promote research aligned with its national interests.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But Karl Maybach’s greatest contribution to the wonders of European civilization were his enormously powerful diesel engines that gave birth to the very first high-speed trains of Europe, emphatically putting steam trains out of business.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Studies put misread rates between 10% and 35%, depending on conditions.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The share of respondents indicating that foreign and local companies were treated equally rose by 5 percentage points to 37%.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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Her share was done by 14 percentage points compared to last cycle.—
Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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These can be used for wager up to $25 on any Week 1 game.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
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Premium subscribers can access the picks for free, while casual fans can still get top-level insight to make smarter wagers.—
Jared Welch,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Mallett got creative with financing her expansion.—
La Risa R. Lynch,
jsonline.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Pic heralds from Deadpool and John Wick director David Leitch and Bullet Train producer Kelly McCormick’s 87North, and Bill Bindley and Mike Karz’s Gulfstream Pictures (Upgraded), which financed the movie.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The socio-economic mechanics of traditional insurance create a distorted landscape, one where disciplined, loss-conscious businesses subsidize the behavior of less responsible market players.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Instead, Indian taxpayers will have to subsidize it.—
M. Rajshekhar,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Stake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stake. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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