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Recent Examples of wager
Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
From there, just make an initial deposit to cover your first wager.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
Bill Center, Mercury News, 14 July 2025
Professional gamblers tend to wager large sums of money with small margins, which can lead to a significant profit over a year.
—Hannah Vanbiber, New York Times, 10 July 2025
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Noun
The pick is Ferreira to win via knockout, but the odds might make a wager on McVey to pull off the upset worth thinking about, even if the outcome is unlikely.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
From there, just make an initial deposit to cover your first wager.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
Verb
The handle — or the amount of money wagered — was up 7.5%, Rubinstein said.
—Bill Center, Mercury News, 14 July 2025
Professional gamblers tend to wager large sums of money with small margins, which can lead to a significant profit over a year.
—Hannah Vanbiber, New York Times, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wager
Noun
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Nadler was able to hold on to such a large stake by being its first seed investor, putting in some $10 million of his own money before raising any VC funding.—
Rashi Shrivastava,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Still, a measure of the high stakes came during the women’s final, when Anisimova was clearly overwhelmed by the magnitude of the moment, and Świątek defeated her, 6–0, 6–0, in under an hour.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
Verb
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At this stage, few would bet against the long body of evidence favoring Brentford’s strategy.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Investors and importers appear torn between bracing for Trump’s tariffs to actually take effect next month on one hand, and betting that Trump will postpone them yet again on the other.—
Erin Doherty,
CNBC,
21 July 2025
Verb
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Cayley put her deposit down in February and traveled to Turkey in May.—
Hedy Phillips,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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But the 2025 grades put Brookshire Elementary School in Winter Park in an uncomfortable spotlight.—
Zoey Thomas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 July 2025
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“Wager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wager. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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