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stake

[stayk] / steɪk /


NOUN
bet, wager
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
WEAK
NOUN
share, investment
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK




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Petti estimates that EchoStar’s stake in SpaceX is currently worth about $38.9 billion, or $62.8 billion if J.P.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Selling the 17.82% stake in the team would be worth about $2.2 billion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

In recent months, it has begun circulating a pitch deck to potential investors that says Tether, the “anchor investor,” will buy a 25% stake in Nxum for $56 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

UniCredit said it had received the authorization from the ECB to "cross the 30% equity participation threshold in Commerzbank AG... and to increase its stake further without upper limits".

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

But perhaps an even greater principle was at stake, Bateson realized.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The two candidates — incumbent Karen Bass and City Councilmember Nithya Raman — have staked out differing positions about how the Los Angeles Police Department has performed under McDonnell.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Boeing has staked its corporate turnaround in part on growth of 737 MAX production.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

In 2021, the star staked out an East Coast perch, picking up a Brooklyn waterfront condo in the stunning Quay building, the New York Post reported.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Ford has long staked a claim as the U.S.’s top vehicle manufacturer and employer of hourly auto workers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

So Sammy staked me, about twenty dollars, I think it was.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

The pageantry is a gamble rather than a guarantee, most of all for Xi, who is staking his standing at home on a smooth performance by the least predictable counterpart in the room.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

I expect Tino Livramento, Lewis Hall and Ben White to be staking a claim in the full-back positions.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Social media company Snap showcased a pair of its $2,195 augmented reality glasses Tuesday, staking a claim in a race to reshape how people interact with computers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

In our dire age, a little bit of levity can often feel like a wager, staking your bets on an audience’s bandwidth for fun.

From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026

“Don’t dig in my child’s territory!” my mother screamed a warning and hurried over to protect my discovery by staking out the area I was digging in.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane


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