as in bet
to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event
wagered 20 dollars that his favorite team would win
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Recent Examples of wagered
It’s estimated that $30 billion was wagered legally on NFL games in 2025.
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Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
The craze reached its apex in 1916, when Wall Street bettors wagered $10m (about $300m today) on the contest between President Woodrow Wilson and Charles Hughes — who, as governor of New York, had signed an anti-gambling law trying to ban the practice.
—Kelli María Korducki, thehustle.co, 3 Apr. 2026
Sports betting currently represents a significant and rapidly growing market in the United States, with approximately $167 billion wagered in 2025, an 11% increase from the previous year.
—Cláudia Nunes, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2026
Americans have wagered more than $520 billion on sports since the practice was legalized, and quarterly deposits have risen to $1,250 in 2025, compared to $500 five years ago, the Fed researchers found.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
What the Prediction Markets Are Saying Despite those constraints, users on prediction markets such as Polymarket and Kalshi have increasingly wagered on the possibility of another Trump impeachment.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
In 2019, Americans legally wagered roughly $13 billion.
—ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
Roughly $100,000 has been wagered in the market.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
More than $3 billion will be wagered on March Madness this year.
—Nick Watt, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
The craze reached its apex in 1916, when Wall Street bettors wagered $10m (about $300m today) on the contest between President Woodrow Wilson and Charles Hughes — who, as governor of New York, had signed an anti-gambling law trying to ban the practice.
—Kelli María Korducki, thehustle.co, 3 Apr. 2026
Sports betting currently represents a significant and rapidly growing market in the United States, with approximately $167 billion wagered in 2025, an 11% increase from the previous year.
—Cláudia Nunes, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2026
Americans have wagered more than $520 billion on sports since the practice was legalized, and quarterly deposits have risen to $1,250 in 2025, compared to $500 five years ago, the Fed researchers found.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
What the Prediction Markets Are Saying Despite those constraints, users on prediction markets such as Polymarket and Kalshi have increasingly wagered on the possibility of another Trump impeachment.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
In 2019, Americans legally wagered roughly $13 billion.
—ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
Roughly $100,000 has been wagered in the market.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
More than $3 billion will be wagered on March Madness this year.
—Nick Watt, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wagered
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In January, another Polymarket account won big by betting that Nicolás Maduro, the President of Venezuela, would soon be out of power.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Perhaps unfortunately for Flagg, some ROY voters probably tuned out the Mavericks during this 4-24 late-season skid, but according to the betting platform Kalshi, Knueppel’s percentage lead dipped from 60%-40% to start this week to 52%-46% on Wednesday.—
Brad Townsend,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Mar. 2026
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But the major goal of the flight, along with putting the Orion through its paces, is to test the planning, procedures and flight control protocols for managing upcoming moon landing missions after a half-century gap between the Artemis and Apollo programs.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Joe hit three 3-pointers in an 85-second flurry to put the Thunder up 99-61 in the third quarter.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2026
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The Saints gambled by not making a single substitution until the final minute of the game, nearly becoming the first team since 1979 to play its starters all 40 minutes.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
19 Mar. 2026
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The moves were a complete departure from last year, when the Rams wrongly gambled that a young and aggressive pass rush could offset their decision to not make a single upgrade to the secondary.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Wagered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wagered. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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