Thesaurus results for WAGERING

wagering

verb

Definition of wagering next

present participle of wager

as in betting

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 wagering But when wagering on elections, most traders have seemed to consistently buy and sell only one position, rather than switching between them. —

Parker Bach, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2026 Many fans are flocking to in-game micro-betting -- wagering on specific moments during the course of a game, like which team will score the next points in a basketball game or the speed of a pitch in a baseball game. —

ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026 Institutional investors spent much of the first quarter selling upside bets—effectively wagering that prices wouldn’t rise sharply—to generate income in a subdued market, said James Harris, chief executive officer at asset manager Tesseract. —

Sidhartha Shukla, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2026 The plaintiffs argue that sportsbook apps—especially when offering live, rapid and in-play wagering options known as microbetting—cause addictions that in turn lead to financial, family and career harms. —

Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 26 Mar. 2026 Harbaugh is wagering that McDaniel is the key to getting Herbert over the hump. —

Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026 The difference is that in prediction markets, people are wagering actual money, which tends to sharpen the mind in ways that answering a pollster's call during dinner does not. —

Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2026 When Tennessee passed its law giving the lottery control of sports betting and oversight of a sports wagering advisory council, Sexton wasn’t the House speaker. —

ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026 The state prohibits operating an unlicensed wagering business and bans betting on elections. —

Hannah Schoenbaum, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026

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The company is also betting that few independent podcasters feel particularly loyal to their audio hosting and monetization platforms, and believes some of the audio companies are too slow to realize that many podcasters now want publishing, audio, email, and video all in one service.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 30 Mar. 2026
Since the start of the Iran war financial markets have flipped from betting on a couple of interest-rate cuts this year to now pricing in a one-in-three or so chance of a Fed rate hike by year end.

— Dan Burns, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026