stakes
Example Sentences
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That conviction raised the stakes as Griffin and Day assembled their first exhibition without Lynch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The new contracts signed Wednesday will see US company Chevron and Italy's ENI ramp up their operations in Venezuela while gaining greater stakes in the oil fields.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
They also want to cut overhead and a portfolio of some 2,000 investments that include stakes in four German soccer clubs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
The stakes are particularly high this time around as the company undergoes an artificial-intelligence transition with the upcoming rollout of its Apple Intelligence and agentic Siri.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
But time had taken a visible toll; tears in the seams hadn’t been mended, and rust coated most of the metal stakes hammered into the grass to keep it secure.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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