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as in interests
a legal right to participation in the advantages, profits, and responsibility of something
if I invest in your business, I expect a stake in it in return
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as in funds
to provide money for
the actor staked the entire production of the film with his own money
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Recent Examples of stakes
Takashi Nakamichi, Bloomberg, 27 Apr. 2026
Last fall, OpenAI overhauled its structure again to become a public benefit corporation, in which the nonprofit and other investors including Microsoft hold stakes.
—Deepa Seetharaman, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
And late last year, Kenya and DR Congo announced the creation of similar funds to capture proceeds from selling government stakes in public assets and mining revenues respectively.
—Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 27 Apr. 2026
And the reality is that this is a high-stakes game of chicken, in which both sides are hoping that the economic pressure will force the other side to blink first.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2026
Believing in her innocence, Shade and Angie dive headfirst back into the high-stakes world of investigation.
—Peter White, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2026
As well-built as the controller is, though, this all feels a bit like table stakes in the modern controller market.
—ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2026
And just like the potential Spirit offer, the airlines will issue government warrants that could convert into equity stakes in the companies.
—Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2026
After years of a high-stakes AI partnership that blurred the line between collaboration and control, Microsoft and OpenAI are rewriting the terms.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 Apr. 2026
Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
Small towns may have the majority of oceanfront real estate, but Pensacola stakes its claim with more than 50 miles of white-sand shoreline.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
That is, until Vlad arrives and stakes a claim on her every waking thought.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 5 Mar. 2026
The majority stakes the largest detention initiative in American history on the possibility that … Congress must have wanted these noncitizens detained—some of them the spouses, mothers, fathers, and grandparents of American citizens.
—Ben Fenwick, Oklahoma Watch, 12 Feb. 2026
For the Chinese Communist Party, which stakes its claim to legitimacy on defeating Japanese invaders during World War II, that would be an unforgivable outrage.
—Andy Browne, semafor.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Mexicali stakes a claim to the clamato cocktail, a heady blend of vodka, clam juice and other ingredients invented in the 1960s by a bartender at the city’s Acueducto Piano Bar.
—Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
San Miguel Chapel Located along the Old Santa Fe Trail in the Barrio de Analco Historic District, this Spanish colonial mission church stakes its claim as the oldest in the United States.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 16 Jan. 2026
The Scout, originally produced by International Harvester from 1961 to 1980, stakes its claim as the world’s first utility vehicle.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2026
Noun
Impairments on its stakes in its research affiliate and a forestry company contrasted with otherwise solid results from its wealth management, trading and investment-banking operations.
—Takashi Nakamichi, Bloomberg, 27 Apr. 2026
Last fall, OpenAI overhauled its structure again to become a public benefit corporation, in which the nonprofit and other investors including Microsoft hold stakes.
—Deepa Seetharaman, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
And late last year, Kenya and DR Congo announced the creation of similar funds to capture proceeds from selling government stakes in public assets and mining revenues respectively.
—Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 27 Apr. 2026
And the reality is that this is a high-stakes game of chicken, in which both sides are hoping that the economic pressure will force the other side to blink first.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2026
Believing in her innocence, Shade and Angie dive headfirst back into the high-stakes world of investigation.
—Peter White, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2026
As well-built as the controller is, though, this all feels a bit like table stakes in the modern controller market.
—ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2026
And just like the potential Spirit offer, the airlines will issue government warrants that could convert into equity stakes in the companies.
—Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2026
After years of a high-stakes AI partnership that blurred the line between collaboration and control, Microsoft and OpenAI are rewriting the terms.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 Apr. 2026
Verb
November stakes In Lake County, the positions of Clerk, Treasurer, and Sheriff — currently held by Anthony Vega, Holly Kim and John Idleburg, respectively — are all coming up for election, as well as county board positions for Districts 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 19.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
Small towns may have the majority of oceanfront real estate, but Pensacola stakes its claim with more than 50 miles of white-sand shoreline.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
That is, until Vlad arrives and stakes a claim on her every waking thought.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 5 Mar. 2026
The majority stakes the largest detention initiative in American history on the possibility that … Congress must have wanted these noncitizens detained—some of them the spouses, mothers, fathers, and grandparents of American citizens.
—Ben Fenwick, Oklahoma Watch, 12 Feb. 2026
For the Chinese Communist Party, which stakes its claim to legitimacy on defeating Japanese invaders during World War II, that would be an unforgivable outrage.
—Andy Browne, semafor.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Mexicali stakes a claim to the clamato cocktail, a heady blend of vodka, clam juice and other ingredients invented in the 1960s by a bartender at the city’s Acueducto Piano Bar.
—Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
San Miguel Chapel Located along the Old Santa Fe Trail in the Barrio de Analco Historic District, this Spanish colonial mission church stakes its claim as the oldest in the United States.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 16 Jan. 2026
The Scout, originally produced by International Harvester from 1961 to 1980, stakes its claim as the world’s first utility vehicle.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stakes
Noun
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Instead, many of the Gulf countries now view Washington as prioritizing Israel’s interests over their own.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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Charles used a portion of the speech to praise NATO and the role the defence alliance has played in protecting their citizens and interests.—
Kevin Liptak,
CNN Money,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Of course, Wall Street is not ruled by individual trading bets.—
Terry Savage,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
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These markets, which now amass tens of billions of dollars in bets every month, are a dangerous expansion of gambling.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
25 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Every city that funds these kinds of team-friendly projects follows this script.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Apr. 2026
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In spring 2024, the lab received a $300,000 Biota Award from the Walder Foundation, a Skokie family foundation that funds Chicagoland area environmental research and other initiatives.—
Madeline King,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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That puts the onus on Wallace, who is coming off season-ending shoulder surgery in December.—
Joseph Person,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Twenty-six cars involved in that wreck, which puts it up there with one of the biggest ever.—
Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Walmart passes Berkshire in market value Over the past year, shares of Walmart have soared by more than 35% while both classes of Berkshire have dropped by almost 12%.—
Alex Crippen,
CNBC,
25 Apr. 2026
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Paltrow shares daughter Apple and son Moses with ex-husband and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, and Falchuk shares daughter Isabella and son Brody with ex-wife Suzanne Bukinik.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
PEOPLE,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The surge in revenue also translated into hundreds of billions in losses for Americans who legally placed wagers in 2025 — an increase of roughly 11% from the previous year, according to the association’s figures.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Winning bets placed in connection with the raid to capture Maduro drew attention and speculation of insider trading at the time, but there have been other wagers on unexpected events since then.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The remaining funds, about 11 million euros, will go to Fondation Recherche Alzheimer, which finances scientific programs aimed at understanding the mechanisms of the disease, developing new treatments and improving the quality of life of patients and their families.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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Money from these programs finances a dozen or so drinking water projects each year.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Stakes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stakes. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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