stakes

Example Sentences

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Since it sold off its stakes in July 2021, Starbucks Coffee Company, headquartered in the US, no longer has any involvement in Starbucks's operations in South Korea.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

“If the project succeeds,” they wrote, “it’ll turn out to have been the highest stakes conversation the world has seen.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Officials are always under scrutiny and, with the stakes so high, every decision will be watched closely.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Having stakes in four of the “Magnificent Seven” Big Tech stocks might not seem like strategy beyond the ken of the ordinary investor.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

In the dead of winter, nothing is growing, but stakes with seed packets affixed to them stick out of the ground, labeling herbs and vegetables.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse