gamble
Example Sentences
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Still, the proliferation of funds that look more like a gamble than a diversified investment are drawing scrutiny from traditional players in the industry.
His mother, Adaina Brown, a public school assistant superintendent in the Los Angeles area, said she called it a “gamble,” but it was one that paid off.
The rules note: “Marriage they say is a gamble, one thing very certain is that money plays an important part.”
At the same time, retailers are increasingly reluctant to gamble on products that aren’t tied to a well-known story or franchise.
Spending the money to purchase more female cattle for breeding is too big a financial gamble if grazing pastures dry up again and he has to buy more feed.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
