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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
Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Sweeping cuts threaten the research and resources needed to fight disease, leaving everyone’s health at stake.
—Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
Rob Ledonne, Vogue, 6 June 2025
Relay is designed to enable staking on one blockchain protocol and verify decisions across many.
—Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
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Noun
Understanding what was at stake, the Pacers kept their foot on the gas.
—Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Sweeping cuts threaten the research and resources needed to fight disease, leaving everyone’s health at stake.
—Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
Verb
Throughout her multi-decade career, Vitti staked a claim as one of Italy’s most luminous and beloved cinematic exports, alongside the likes of Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Antonioni, and Federico Fellini—all of whom shot to global prominence in the 1950s.
—Rob Ledonne, Vogue, 6 June 2025
Relay is designed to enable staking on one blockchain protocol and verify decisions across many.
—Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stake
Noun
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Adjusted earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortization hit 1.8 million pounds, up from 200,000 pounds the year prior.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
1 July 2025
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While the extent to which sustainable finishing technologies are integrated into their operations varies, all share a common interest in exploring the latest innovations available.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
1 July 2025
Noun
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The Kings League’s rapid growth and expansion plans represent a significant bet that sports entertainment can successfully bridge traditional athletics and digital-first content.—
Massimo Marioni,
Fortune,
27 June 2025
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My bet would be that this is what sets up the next leg higher.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
26 June 2025
Verb
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The budget also fully funds the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) grant, sparing districts from cuts.—
Question & Answer,
Hartford Courant,
30 June 2025
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Collins’s amendment would increase the first two installments of funding from $10 billion to $22.5 billion.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
30 June 2025
Verb
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Haliburton put no weight on the leg and had his face wrapped in towels as he was taken to the Pacers’ locker room for evaluation.—
Tim Reynolds,
Chicago Tribune,
23 June 2025
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Immigration arrests in Los Angeles have been headline news and the subject of legal disputes for the past few weeks, but Angelenos watching the drama play out on television and in their communities may be confused about who exactly is putting people in handcuffs and hauling them off.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2025
Noun
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Ikea has 39 stores in China, although the share of its global sales in the country has been sliding in recent years and was at 3.5% in 2023-24 financial year.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
26 June 2025
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CarMax reported its 2025 first quarter earnings, causing a rise in share price.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
Noun
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The next step is to make an initial deposit to cover your first wager with bet365.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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Anyone that wagered money Tesla would in fact go to market stands to lose their wager.—
Christiaan Hetzner,
Fortune,
30 June 2025
Verb
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Costner spent $38 million of his own money to finance Horizon, per Variety, alongside two unnamed private investors.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The biggest chain in the U.S. and globally entered Covid with a hefty debt load that was a stinging liability given the need to finance it even as theaters shut down and the box office slumped.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
1 July 2025
Verb
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Located near a low-income and subsidized housing owned and operated by Carabetta, the new development also could be housing, potentially a mix of market-rate and affordable.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
29 June 2025
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In Miami-Dade, the freeze doesn’t impact the thousands of people currently relying on existing Section 8 vouchers to subsidize rent.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2025
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“Stake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stake. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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