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Recent Examples of wagers
Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
The first week of the NFL season is under our betting belts, and the sportsbooks say star players are generally more of a draw for wagers than the teams themselves.
—Contessa Brewer,alex Sherman, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
Note that all your wagers on BetMGM will go toward unlocking perks and bonuses through the rewards program.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Most of those wagers are placed on soccer, which attracts millions of bettors daily.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2025
The law imposes a 25-cent tax on each online sports bet, rising to 50 cents once a sportsbook passes 20 million wagers in a fiscal year.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
But if such factors tempered the public’s instinct to rush to the harshest judgments, the ordeal also revealed how the corporatization of sports betting had done little to snuff out a secretive underworld estimated to be responsible for $64 billion in illicit wagers annually.
—David Amsden, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
The government estimated that the organization accepted more than $2 billion in wagers while RED44 was operational.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
The first week of the NFL season is under our betting belts, and the sportsbooks say star players are generally more of a draw for wagers than the teams themselves.
—Contessa Brewer,alex Sherman, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
Note that all your wagers on BetMGM will go toward unlocking perks and bonuses through the rewards program.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Most of those wagers are placed on soccer, which attracts millions of bettors daily.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2025
The law imposes a 25-cent tax on each online sports bet, rising to 50 cents once a sportsbook passes 20 million wagers in a fiscal year.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
But if such factors tempered the public’s instinct to rush to the harshest judgments, the ordeal also revealed how the corporatization of sports betting had done little to snuff out a secretive underworld estimated to be responsible for $64 billion in illicit wagers annually.
—David Amsden, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wagers
Noun
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As medicine shifts toward prevention, the ability to detect disease at a molecular level—before symptoms appear—has become a high-stakes priority.—
Somnath Banerjee,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Prince Harry spoke up for young activists in the name of Princess Diana a day after a high stakes meeting with King Charles III.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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With an arrangement like this, all bets would be off.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
12 Sep. 2025
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But if anyone is taking bets on who will shape the future of fashion publishing, Enninful is surely in the running.—
Fiona Sinclair Scott,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Carlota sees Cherry hiding it, and puts it back in Laura’s room.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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Legacy of frog gigging still puts food on the table.—
Jake Allen,
IndyStar,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Wagers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wagers. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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