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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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There is a price to be paid for that much larger sensor though—the GFX100RF is larger and heavier than any of the X100 cameras.—
Julian Chokkattu,
WIRED,
22 Mar. 2025
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Cutting-edge visual effects create a world of talking photorealistic animals that might as well be a nature documentary, and attention is paid to livening up the humor, with Billy Eichner’s funny, overdramatic meerkat Timon showing up everybody, including Beyoncé. 9.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
22 Mar. 2025
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In addition to the buyouts, the resignation of Moog, a Chicago tech entrepreneur who was elevated from interim to permanent CEO of Chicago Public Media in 2021, may help defray costs going forward.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
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Loss of use coverage, which is a standard part of most homeowners insurance policies, can help defray those costs; FEMA housing assistance may also help with this expense.—
Nerdwallet,
Orange County Register,
4 Mar. 2025
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Homeowners could then use the sales proceeds to pay their HOA debt, pay off their mortgages and potentially keep the remaining equity.—
The Denver Post,
Denver Post,
29 Mar. 2025
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This time, however, Apple’s big bet on artificial intelligence – which it’s been marketing as a selling point for the iPhone 16 – is taking longer than expected to pay off.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Hudson’s Bay Company, Canada’s venerable department store chain and the oldest corporation in North America, will begin to liquidate its entire business next week.—
David Moin,
WWD,
15 Mar. 2025
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Bitcoin already held by federal agencies through seizures will be transferred into the reserve instead of liquidated.—
Becca Bratcher,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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More education dollars are funding more bureaucrats.—
Veronique De Rugy,
Boston Herald,
26 Mar. 2025
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North Carolina currently funds teacher positions in grades 10 through 12 at a ratio of one teacher per 29 students.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Mar. 2025
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The 6-foot-10, 255-pound sophomore had two dunks and a layup off nice feeds as the Gators had 6 assists on their first eight field goals to stake 52-42 lead.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Mar. 2025
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Yiddish writers of his generation staked their work on the belief that the unique culture of Eastern European Jewry could, and deserved to, endure.—
Adam Kirsch,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 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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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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Companies that adopt it will identify targets faster, underwrite deals with greater confidence, streamline diligence and integration, and, ultimately, deliver higher shareholder returns than competitors.—
Sarah Elk,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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But is this form of carbon capture – underwritten by the fossil fuel industry – an effective means to address climate change?—
David Morgan,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Grubstake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grubstake. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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