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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
Verb
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On top of being found guilty of the charges, Huger will also pay $2,900 in total fines and cannot drive a car for one year after her release.—
Gabriela Silva,
TVLine,
26 Feb. 2025
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The resort also pays for the catch the fishermen willing to sell them.—
Emese Maczko,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Annual tuition for the online program is $11,000, and most of Rattigan’s virtual students use school-choice programs to defray that cost as well.—
Kerry McDonald,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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And in a way, those funds are actually defraying additional funds for direct costs that the federal government might have had to provide to do the same research.—
Taylor Haney,
NPR,
12 Feb. 2025
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Analysts, including some close to the royal court, said a canny Saudi strategy to cultivate relations beyond the United States during the years of strain with the Biden administration had paid off in the U.S.-Russia talks on Tuesday.—
Vivian Yee,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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The financially astute among you (which is all of you, dear readers) will have spotted that a $599 phone being paid off at $5.99 a month should take 100 months, right?—
David Phelan,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
Verb
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For example, most retirees regularly liquidate part of their portfolio to pay bills and have fun.—
Kenny Gott,
Kansas City Star,
19 Feb. 2025
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If a business combination is not completed within this period, the company will liquidate.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
12 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The measure would increase the sales tax by a half cent to fund improvements.—
Keith Sharon,
The Tennessean,
18 Feb. 2025
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The program is fully funded by the Hearst Foundations, with no government funds used.—
Susan Soldavin,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Feb. 2025
Verb
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But numbers aside, Ballerini staked a serious claim to top-of-the-A-list status here.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Feb. 2025
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In 2023, the SEC charged Coinbase with operating an unregistered securities exchange and for failing to properly register its crypto staking program.—
Jesse Pound,
CNBC,
21 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Businesses fail if proceeds do not recompense all expenses used in producing and delivering their products.—
Phillip Molnar,
The Mercury News,
8 Aug. 2024
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The farmers argue that they should be recompensed by Texas under the takings clause of the Fifth Amendment.—
Henry Gass,
The Christian Science Monitor,
18 Jan. 2024
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The federal government underwrites many of the childcare benefits that Florida families receive.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2025
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The company is the official insurance provider of the American Kennel Club and policies are underwritten by Independence American Insurance Company.—
Liz Knueven,
CNBC,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Grubstake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grubstake. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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