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a person or thing that is chosen
your best bet would be the scenic route along the coast
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Recent Examples of bet
Elias Burke, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
While details of the ceremony remain under wraps, there's a good bet that organizers will take a cue from the recent Grammy Awards, which tastefully and appropriately made heroic firefighters and fundraising a focus of the performance-rich night.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
Jesse Granger, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
While there have been more effective demonstrations of error correction in the past, a number of companies are betting that Amazon's general approach is the best route to getting logical qubits that are capable of complex algorithms.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 26 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Neither should outside bets Brighton & Hove Albion and Fulham, who are inconsistent but capable of beating any side on their day.
—Elias Burke, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
While details of the ceremony remain under wraps, there's a good bet that organizers will take a cue from the recent Grammy Awards, which tastefully and appropriately made heroic firefighters and fundraising a focus of the performance-rich night.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
Verb
His offensive production has been nearly nonexistent this season, but the Golden Knights love betting on players with scoring upside.
—Jesse Granger, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
While there have been more effective demonstrations of error correction in the past, a number of companies are betting that Amazon's general approach is the best route to getting logical qubits that are capable of complex algorithms.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bet
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But with a personal stake in so many small-college men’s basketball games, the old coach has had to figure it out.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
6 Mar. 2025
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By folding his candidacy, the judge said, Stevens had no stake in the election and thus lacked legal standing.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Mar. 2025
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Yet the Trump administration remains confident that tariffs are the best choice to expand U.S. manufacturing and attract foreign investment.—
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arkansasonline.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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Laid out bare, is this a choice at all? CNN’s Svitlana Vlasova contributed to this report.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN,
4 Mar. 2025
Verb
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While Waymo has already put driverless vehicles on the road in cities including Los Angeles and San Francisco, industry experts say Tesla is still far from offering a robotaxi service.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2025
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From the far side of the moon, outside of regular communications range, the lander will perform a descent trajectory burn to shrink its orbit and put it on a flight path toward its landing site.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
6 Mar. 2025
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This time around, Beterbiev is the slight betting favorite at -125 (bet $125 to win $100), while Bivol is the +100 underdog (win $100 on a $100 wager).—
Josh Katzowitz,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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Losing your bet with the wrong person could cost you more than bragging rights While many Americans are expected to bet legally, scammers are also expected to cash in on Super Bowl wagers.—
Chandelis Duster,
NPR,
8 Feb. 2025
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Baltimore will be one of the favorites again next season and could offer Slay a real chance to win again.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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In teasing the tour, RZA said the setlist will feature favorites from across the Wu-Tang catalog, including classics from their debut, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), and multi-platinum follow-up, Wu-Tang Forever.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Bet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bet. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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