stakes
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Some say that allowing a company like SpaceX into an index soon after it starts trading mostly benefits early investors in the company, by allowing them to easily sell their stakes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
"So Russia is definitely raising the stakes and risks crossing a line," he said.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Seeing who could get the most olives to her became a sort of competition for our competitive family, but there were no stakes in this game except feeding someone we loved so dearly.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
Federal funding for quantum, including equity stakes, signals a U.S. strategy to secure domestic supply chains for critical technologies.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
They drove the securing stakes deeper around the net.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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