gamble
Example Sentences
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"It is a gamble, but it's a calculated one," says Citrinowicz.
From BBC
So far the stock market likes his gambles on high-tech moonshots.
But that gamble has paid off for Leeds, with Calvert-Lewin having revived his career with an excellent scoring run under Daniel Farke, scoring seven goals in his past six games.
From BBC
But enough of the objects were genuine for some to think it worth the gamble, and there were a dozen people on board.
From Literature
It was Elon Musk’s gamble that a company could be built on a vehicle powered by what was commonly dismissed by rivals at the time as essentially laptop batteries.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
