wagered

past tense of wager
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 Your stake can be wagered on Fanantics with a $20 wager to earn $350 in FanCash when using promo code FOXNEWS350. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026 Prediction sites have exploded in popularity this year, with billions of dollars wagered on everything from sports to elections, entertainment and even the weather. — Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026 The 48-team tournament was a major betting event, with billions wagered on the regulated apps alone. — Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 26 Sep. 2026 Fabian’s reporting put him in the crosshairs of strangers who had wagered fortunes on the subject matter of his article. — Finn Brunton, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026 The function’s creator, Bernhard Riemann, wagered that the only way to make that output sum to exactly zero is to make the input variable’s real part exactly 1⁄2. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026 But short covering has also contributed to the decline, according to S3, as investors who had wagered against SpaceX bought back stock to exit their positions. — Yun Li, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026 The board has now wagered $53 billion of other people's money that the second skill has finally shown up. — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 Big sporting events, like the NBA finals and the World Cup, saw tens of billions of dollars wagered. — Bobby Allyn, NPR, 27 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wagered
Verb
  • Smith is betting that in a market where every phone looks the same, the bigger risk is being boring.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • None of the four pillars of preparation—data, trust, value and adoption—requires a company to bet the business on robotics tomorrow.
    — Rodrigo Madanes, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The blaze sparked evacuation orders for the Encinal Canyon area near Trancas Canyon and put a larger swath of Malibu under an evacuation warning.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The Rays need a win here to tie up the series, and the Guardians want a win to put Tampa Bay’s back against the wall.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Elsewhere in the stream, Drake played the odds and gambled via his partnership with Stake while rocking his original Cash Money Records chain.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2026
  • That decision came the year after the opening of the Union Station light rail stop, and Watkins gambled that the foot traffic from the station to the ballpark would be a boon for his business.
    — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2026

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“Wagered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wagered. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.

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