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as in choice
a person or thing that is chosen
your best bet would be the scenic route along the coast
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Recent Examples of bet
Jolene Edgar, Allure, 9 Jan. 2025
Denver Sheriff Elias Diggins is raising the stakes — or rather, the steaks — in a friendly bet against his New York counterpart ahead of the Broncos’ Sunday wild-card game against the Buffalo Bills.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 8 Jan. 2025
Rebecca F. Elliott, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Since the price of bitcoin moves based on investor demand, betting on it as an asset can be risky.
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
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Noun
In these areas, judicious hyaluronic acid filler may still be the best bet for addressing volume loss.
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 9 Jan. 2025
Denver Sheriff Elias Diggins is raising the stakes — or rather, the steaks — in a friendly bet against his New York counterpart ahead of the Broncos’ Sunday wild-card game against the Buffalo Bills.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
Some companies are also betting on new, smaller reactors, but those are not expected to begin producing meaningful amounts of power for at least several years if all goes well.
—Rebecca F. Elliott, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Since the price of bitcoin moves based on investor demand, betting on it as an asset can be risky.
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bet
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State of play: As of now, TikTok is planning to turn off services in the U.S. on Sunday, the deadline for ByteDance to divest its stake in TikTok.Sam Sabin, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
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TikTok could fade to black in the U.S. in a matter of days after the Supreme Court rejected its appeal to halt a law that will ban the popular video app as of Jan. 19 unless Chinese parent ByteDance sells its stake.Todd Spangler, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
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Each car has space for 34 passengers, nearly all of whom get choice views of France’s fourth-largest urban center in cabins designed by a Ferrari alum.Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025
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What effect the Los Angeles fires might have on powertrain choices is yet to be determined.Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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And so parents, many of whom cherish their children and want to show them love and affection, are forced to put them in nursing homes, sometimes hundreds of miles distant.Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
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Readying For The Next Wave No doubt, there will be many who put and keep mediocre AI tools on the market.Peter Guagenti, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
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Zimmerman estimated that Missourians will place their first sports wagers in the state by mid- to late summer.Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025
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Betting Options There are more ways to bet at a slot machine than increasing your wager.Christopher Gerlacher, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
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The line about favorites seems to be a reference to White.Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2025
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The Dodgers have been seen as the favorites for quite some time now.John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Bet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bet. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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