ante
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The company last week upped the ante in the battle to develop fast and efficient AI chips by unveiling the eighth generation of TPUs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
Regardless of how quickly, or slowly, if ever, the Iran war is brought to a conclusion, there will be no return to the status quo ante in the Strait of Hormuz.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026
On Wednesday, following the Fed’s rate announcement, Powell upped the ante.
From Slate • Mar. 19, 2026
"The current political moment just kind of ups the ante of what is already a profoundly significant thing."
From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026
“Let’s get down to basics, boy. If you don’t ante up, you won’t get any Thanksgiving dinner, and nobody will play Monopoly with you for a full week.”
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
Vocabulary lists containing ante
Florida's B.E.S.T. Roots: ante, anti
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Before You Know It: Ante
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