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Example Sentences
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MarketWatch journalists don’t bet on individual stocks or sector funds tied to industries that they cover, but we spend every day following financial markets and reporting on savvy strategies.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
The firm's shares jumped over 600 percent on opening, but the frenzy is very much a bet on the future, with commercial application of even the most sophisticated humanoids currently limited.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
“It was going to be an aggressive bet on AI, we all knew there was going to be volatility.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Two years ago, Walt Disney Co. made a big bet on Epic Games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Imagine two players, Peter and Paul, who flip a coin at the rate of once a day and who bet on heads and tails respectively.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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