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Recent Examples of wagers
Ruth Carson, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
While that was enough to sway wagers on sites like Kalshi and Polymarket, some on Wall Street are less convinced and still see it as a competitive race yet to be decided by a notoriously fickle president.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
The sites track wagers in real-time and provide insights into consumers' and investors' mindsets.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
This has created new temptations, particularly for the young people now being coaxed into putting their weekly allowance toward randomized Call of Duty loot boxes and Polymarket wagers.
—Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
These multi-race wagers can absolutely produce prolific payouts.
—Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
The prevalence of prop bets (wagers on how well an athlete does by a specific statistical measurement) as well as parlays (bets on more than one thing happening) heighten the risk.
—Arkansas Online, 20 Jan. 2026
Biden administration lawyers argued that placing wagers on races amounted to a game, a word that is not defined at all in the law.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 17 Jan. 2026
Similarly, sportsbooks can also at any point just adjust the odds of certain teams to invite wagers.
—Doug Kezirian, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
Noun
The wagers, which amounted to bets that the yen would strengthen, shrank by the most for any three-day period since October 2022, according to Bloomberg’s analysis of the figures.
—Ruth Carson, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
While that was enough to sway wagers on sites like Kalshi and Polymarket, some on Wall Street are less convinced and still see it as a competitive race yet to be decided by a notoriously fickle president.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
The sites track wagers in real-time and provide insights into consumers' and investors' mindsets.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
This has created new temptations, particularly for the young people now being coaxed into putting their weekly allowance toward randomized Call of Duty loot boxes and Polymarket wagers.
—Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
These multi-race wagers can absolutely produce prolific payouts.
—Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
The prevalence of prop bets (wagers on how well an athlete does by a specific statistical measurement) as well as parlays (bets on more than one thing happening) heighten the risk.
—Arkansas Online, 20 Jan. 2026
Biden administration lawyers argued that placing wagers on races amounted to a game, a word that is not defined at all in the law.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 17 Jan. 2026
Similarly, sportsbooks can also at any point just adjust the odds of certain teams to invite wagers.
—Doug Kezirian, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wagers
Noun
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The denial effectively clears the way for the administration to seek emergency relief from the Supreme Court, potentially placing the dispute on the justices’ fast-moving emergency docket and setting up a high-stakes test of presidential power over federal prosecutors.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Jan. 2026
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Low-stakes, consistent connection matters.—
Dr. Liz Doe Stone,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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If a new account opens and immediately bets on a single player micro-market, that’s suspicious.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Similarly, if an existing account that typically bets $50 on certain games suddenly places a $1,000 bet, that outlier behavior could trigger an investigation.—
Dian Zhang,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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This puts American battery and mineral recyclers at a competitive disadvantage against recyclers in Basel member countries — including China.—
Kristen Edgreen Kaufman,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The versatile beach takes up a mile-long stretch just beyond downtown Carmel-by-the-Sea, which puts it walking distance from a whole bunch of cute shops and restaurants.—
Alanna Bennett,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Wagers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wagers. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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