- plural of sweepstake.
sweepstakes
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Now there are two more entries in the spooky sweepstakes: “The Unbelievers,” from Manhattan Theatre Club, and “2:22—A Ghost Story,” at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Two red flags during final practice had led some teams to have private sweepstakes as to how many stoppages there would be in qualifying, but the session ran cleanly, with no incidents.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Nearly all of FLAG’s revenue originates from individual donors, and most of that money is raised through a direct-mail sweepstakes operation that offers the chance to win prizes, in one case $1,000,000.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
Paramount applied for the Justice Department’s approval in December — more than two months before it edged out Netflix in the Warner sweepstakes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
No raffle ticket, no Bingo, no policy slip, no clearing-house number, no magazine sweepstakes, no, nor any unpierced carnival balloon succumbed to her magic.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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