stake
Example Sentences
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Going into the meeting, everyone thought David was close to selling his stake.
Supercomputers used across the nuclear weapons complex consume vast amounts of electricity to simulate the physics of nuclear systems and other high stakes scenarios.
From Science Daily
"Many American-born athletes compete for other nations with little fanfare - the 'New Cold War' climate between the US and China has changed the stakes," says Professor Yinan He of Lehigh University.
From BBC
The filing will reveal if Berkshire further reduced Apple and Bank of America stakes and if it sold holdings from Todd Combs.
From Barron's
He supported legal action against the UK government opposing levies on aggregates, before selling his stake in the quarry last year in a deal which he said was worth £70m.
From BBC
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