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Recent Examples of grubstake
Out of cash, Steen reluctantly abandoned grubstaking to work as a carpenter in Tucson, Arizona, for a year, but the uranium called to him.
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Aaron Robinson, Car and Driver, 27 July 2017
Aaron Robinson, Car and Driver, 27 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grubstake
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In the next bracket up, 24%, most couples are also paying a 3.8% investment tax, for a combined federal rate of 27.8%.—
William Baldwin,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Lionel Messi, who met the pope in 2013, paid tribute to on the social network X, posting a picture of the pope accepting an olive tree from him.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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This could allow the state to maintain vaccine requirements in schools and even trade or sell vaccines to other states, defraying costs.—
Eric Schmeltzer,
The Mercury News,
21 Mar. 2025
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The couple's families also helped defray some of the costs of their event.—
Christine Rousselle,
Fox News,
20 Feb. 2025
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Filing for bankruptcy can help an individual liquidate their assets to pay off their debt or create a repayment plan.—
Alain Sherter,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2025
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Importantly, this administrative garnishment can continue until the defaulted loan is paid off or removed from default.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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As this generation retires, they are poised to liquidate assets, selling homes to downsize or transferring wealth to their tech-savvy children.—
Joseph Edgar,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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However, the recent sell-off in gold suggests that investors may be liquidating positions to cover losses in other markets, reflecting concerns over the widespread impact of a trade war.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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Efforts to fund the arts expanded with the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932, as the country was reeling from the Great Depression.—
Johanna K. Taylor,
The Conversation,
18 Apr. 2025
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The Missouri stadium legislation – introduced by several lawmakers – would cap the total amount of funding the state can provide at 33% of the total project costs.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
18 Apr. 2025
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Validators, who operate the network, share some of these rewards with users who stake, or lock up, their tokens with them.—
Nina Bambysheva,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Earlier this month, Illinois dropped its suit against Coinbase, making Wisconsin one of the last four states banning crypto staking as a result of the ongoing litigation against the company.—
Julia Shapero,
The Hill,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Rioters have typically been ordered to pay $500 if found guilty of a misdemeanor or $2,000 if convicted of a felony to the Architect of the Capitol to recompense for the damage.—
Ella Lee,
The Hill,
13 Apr. 2025
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Our society doesn’t send teenagers to fight each other to the death and watch it on live TV as a form of entertainment and recompense for a long-ago rebellion.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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Tens of millions of Americans have benefitted from the group's binding recommendations to health plans, which must underwrite a broad range of treatments from cancer screenings to cholesterol-lowering medications and drugs to prevent the spread of HIV.—
Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2025
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Berlin can take the lead in underwriting Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and in urging the European Union to accept Ukraine as a member.—
Michael Kimmage,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Apr. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Grubstake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grubstake. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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