stake
Example Sentences
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The stakes are high for her and anyone else who may be unaware that their tax preparer cut corners or committed fraud — even if it happened decades ago, the court papers said.
From MarketWatch
Several countries have advised their citizens to leave - and as regional tensions escalate, the stakes of the next round of talks feel existential.
From BBC
But it’s her Los Angeles jury that will set the stakes for thousands of suits still to come, making this one of the corporate world’s most closely watched legal battles.
From Los Angeles Times
Last July the Pentagon took a 15% stake in MP as part of a deal in which the company agreed to build a new factory to make rare-earth magnets.
But the stakes are highest with India—the world’s largest country by population—which could offer Canada’s farmers, oil producers and miners a vast new market.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
