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Recent Examples of wagers
Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2026
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
In March, several wagers were made about a ceasefire with Iran just before the president made the announcement.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
First, how is betting on the first song Bad Bunny performed at the Super Bowl — which topped $100 million in wagers on Kalshi — any different from betting on black at a casino’s roulette table?
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
His arrest comes as Polymarket and Kalshi have grown in popularity and as concerns have grown about people with inside information making wagers on those prediction market platforms.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
So far, the leagues haven’t directly addressed whether they are concerned by how public attention being paid to the military wagers and their apparent potential for manipulation could reflect on their own images.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 24 Apr. 2026
That raised the question of whether individuals with material nonpublic information used that knowledge to place such wagers, including those in the government.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026
Because wagers are offered for shots on goal, they are looked at and reviewed meticulously.
—Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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
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
In March, several wagers were made about a ceasefire with Iran just before the president made the announcement.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
First, how is betting on the first song Bad Bunny performed at the Super Bowl — which topped $100 million in wagers on Kalshi — any different from betting on black at a casino’s roulette table?
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
His arrest comes as Polymarket and Kalshi have grown in popularity and as concerns have grown about people with inside information making wagers on those prediction market platforms.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
So far, the leagues haven’t directly addressed whether they are concerned by how public attention being paid to the military wagers and their apparent potential for manipulation could reflect on their own images.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 24 Apr. 2026
That raised the question of whether individuals with material nonpublic information used that knowledge to place such wagers, including those in the government.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026
Because wagers are offered for shots on goal, they are looked at and reviewed meticulously.
—Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wagers
Noun
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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
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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
Verb
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The prediction market’s CEO, Tarek Mansour, told CNBC that bets on Bad Bunny’s first song alone exceeded $100 million in volume.—
Josephine Rozzelle,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2026
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If a new account opens and immediately bets on a single player micro-market, that’s suspicious.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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
Cite this Entry
“Wagers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wagers. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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