stakes
Example Sentences
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They bought stakes in microfinance lenders, extended financing or sold securitized microfinance debt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Over the past year and a half, Trump Jr. has amassed a fortune from stakes in companies ranging from crypto startups to a drone business to a firearms retailer.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
Pro wrestling is a realm where a man named John Cena plays a character named John Cena; the match outcomes are predetermined, but the personal stakes are huge.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
Tuchel has spent recent months deflecting debate about whether Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham or Morgan Rogers of Aston Villa should take England's number 10 role when the stakes are at their highest.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
But he understood the stakes of the mission, and he told Hoover, “I am human enough and ambitious enough to want it.”
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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