put money on

Example Sentences

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Barron’s: Prediction markets ask users to put money on the likelihood of future outcomes.

From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026

There’s plenty of appetite to put money on the big game.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 6, 2026

Polymarket’s backers speak glowingly about the promise of harnessing the wisdom of the crowd, arguing that people who put money on the line are more likely to be right than purported experts and biased commentators.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

“In science we normally put money on a number of different horses because we can’t be entirely sure who’s going to win.”

From Salon • May 6, 2025

Papa already knew the car he’d put money on before Pearl Harbor had been repossessed.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston