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Recent Examples of grubstake
Out of cash, Steen reluctantly abandoned grubstaking to work as a carpenter in Tucson, Arizona, for a year, but the uranium called to him.
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Aaron Robinson, Car and Driver, 27 July 2017
Aaron Robinson, Car and Driver, 27 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grubstake
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Every investment in children’s mental health pays extraordinary dividends — in stronger families, more successful schools, and a healthier community.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 July 2025
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That payment was bumped to $2 million when Blitzer took over; NWSL prices were already on the rise, and that was in line with what Angel City and the San Diego Wave paid when they were awarded teams in 2020 and 2021.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
8 July 2025
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Staking is the process of distributing the economic benefits of Web3 across the network, while defraying and reducing the many risks of network participation, to help ensure the bedrock of the protocol network remains stable.—
Lawrence Wintermeyer,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Federal money helps to pay those higher salaries, as well as to defray research costs.—
Allison Schrager,
Twin Cities,
3 June 2025
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In the long run, this pays off with repeat business and reputation.—
Shep Hyken,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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But Home Depot’s deliberate and thoughtful approach to M&A has largely paid off over the long term, and should serve as a model to big companies in how to do successful dealmaking.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
1 July 2025
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The billionaire reportedly liquidates one billion Amazon shares per year to fund Blue Origin.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
2 July 2025
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At its peak on Sunday, more than $1 billion in crypto positions were liquidated during a 24-hour span — with over 95% coming from long bets, underscoring just how overexposed the market was heading into the weekend.—
Brian Evans,Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
22 June 2025
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Collins’s amendment would increase the first two installments of funding from $10 billion to $22.5 billion.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
30 June 2025
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The budget also fully funds the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) grant, sparing districts from cuts.—
Question & Answer,
Hartford Courant,
30 June 2025
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But development staffs and CIOs who have staked their careers and skill sets on legacy systems will resist.—
Forrester,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Robinhood’s revenue rose 50% year-over-year in Q1, and the company just this week launched staking in the U.S. — a feature that had previously been blocked by regulators.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
2 July 2025
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Rioters have typically been ordered to pay $500 if found guilty of a misdemeanor or $2,000 if convicted of a felony to the Architect of the Capitol to recompense for the damage.—
Ella Lee,
The Hill,
13 Apr. 2025
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Our society doesn’t send teenagers to fight each other to the death and watch it on live TV as a form of entertainment and recompense for a long-ago rebellion.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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San Diego is also helping to boost the developer’s chances by underwriting the project through the $46.5 million seller’s note.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 June 2025
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In churches around the world, Masses on the June 29 feast day often include a special collection for Peter’s Pence, a fund that underwrites the operations of the central government of the Catholic Church and pays for the pope’s personal acts of charity.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2025
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“Grubstake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grubstake. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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