Examples of wager in a Sentence
Noun
He has a wager on the game.
I don't think the horse will win. What's your wager?
Verb
She wagered $50 on the game.
I wouldn't wager against them.
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Todd Feurer, CBS News, 1 Jan. 2026
As the year draws to a close, Bloomberg highlights some of the most eye-catching wagers of 2025 — the wins, the wipeouts and the positions that defined the era.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
David K. Li, NBC news, 19 Dec. 2025
In practical terms, this entails acting as a distribution platform for the startup, which has grown exponentially this year by offering a new form of betting that invites users to wager against one another on the outcome of events ranging from elections to interest rate cuts to sports games.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025
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Noun
Sportsbook operators already pay between 20% and 40% in state taxes, in addition to per-wager fees of 25 cents on each of the first 20 million bets placed, and 50 cents for each bet thereafter.
—Todd Feurer, CBS News, 1 Jan. 2026
As the year draws to a close, Bloomberg highlights some of the most eye-catching wagers of 2025 — the wins, the wipeouts and the positions that defined the era.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
Verb
In at least once instance, authorities said Rozier feigned injury to exit a game early, helping bettors who wagered on him failing to make various statistical benchmarks in that contest.
—David K. Li, NBC news, 19 Dec. 2025
In practical terms, this entails acting as a distribution platform for the startup, which has grown exponentially this year by offering a new form of betting that invites users to wager against one another on the outcome of events ranging from elections to interest rate cuts to sports games.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025
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“Wager.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wager. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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