stakes
Example Sentences
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Yet the stakes are too high, the moment too rare to be content with simply showing up.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
The venture works through depositary receipts—or securities that allow investors to buy stakes in foreign companies—that are authorized and tokenized.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Over the past year and a half, Trump Jr. has amassed a fortune from stakes in companies ranging from crypto startups to a drone business to a firearms retailer.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
Pro wrestling is a realm where a man named John Cena plays a character named John Cena; the match outcomes are predetermined, but the personal stakes are huge.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
But now the stakes were much higher—the Candidates results would determine who played for the World Championship—and Fischer wasn’t going to let an obnoxious eye jinx keep him from his destiny.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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