gambit

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Since Haas became CEO in 2022, Arm has been aggressively pursuing revenue growth through price hikes and bundling, and the latest gambit is another move to keep that momentum going.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

An obvious opening gambit: You need an attorney who specializes in elder financial abuse rather than estate planning.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

Plus, cleaning up cloud storage, Google’s TPU gambit, Meta goes on trial and a “Fitbit for farts”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

In 2021, the Silicon Valley-based modular start up Katerra went spectacularly bankrupt after spending $2 billion in a hyperambitious gambit to disrupt the building industry.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

Though success in Cambridge conversation frequently came from saying something preposterous, hoping that someone would take you seriously, there was no need for Francis to adopt this gambit.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson