bet on
Example Sentences
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The fund’s positioning became, in effect, one big bet on the AI trade and in July, the wheels came off that bandwagon.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
“It was going to be an aggressive bet on AI, we all knew there was going to be volatility.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
For example, someone might bet on how big a fire might get or how many buildings it might destroy.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
Flight-tracking platform FlightAware is suing Kalshi, alleging the prediction-market company is using its data without permission to let users bet on flight cancellations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
He’d laid a massive bet on very nearly the same CDO tranches that Cornwall Capital had bet against, composed of nearly the same subprime bonds that FrontPoint Partners and Scion Capital had bet against.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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