How to Use stake in a Sentence
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The win was the first stakes win of the meeting for both the jockey and trainer.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2023
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With the fate of the world at stake, a deadly race around the globe begins.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 18 Jan. 2024
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The men never sold their stake to reap the cash reward.
—Paul Glader, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2023
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The Arm stake was the largest in dollar terms, amounting to $147.3 million.
—Nick Turner, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2024
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The Warriors only piled more on in a fourth that felt bereft of any stakes.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2024
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But it’s been a second, two fourths and a fifth since in graded stakes.
—Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 4 May 2023
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In late 2022, Ethereum—the second-largest blockchain by market cap—switched to proof of stake in a process known as the Merge.
—Byleo Schwartz, Fortune Crypto, 11 July 2023
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There are 50 delegates at stake and 29 will be awarded to the winner of the statewide vote.
—Jennifer De Pinto, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2024
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Sink your stake a foot into the ground and extend it at least a few inches above the graft union.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2023
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The knight carries a huge axe and makes a strange proposal, in such a way that the honor of the whole court feels at stake.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
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At the end of winter, Kohler lands on a glacier by helicopter to pound long stakes deep into the ice.
—David Schechter, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2023
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This easy-to-install projector comes with a stand and ground stake.
—Gabriela Izquierdo, Southern Living, 15 Nov. 2023
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With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, and dark forces from Ethan’s past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins.
—Joey Morona, cleveland, 12 July 2023
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At stake is the livelihood of Mr. Jordan and shrimpers like him nationwide.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2024
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The investment firm plans to further increase its stakes over the next six months, the filings said.
—Laura He, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023
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But in the wake of the mass shootings in Maine, there’s another legal principle at stake – the right to live in peace.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2023
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Both sides argue that the future of the country, even the nature of its government, is at stake.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2024
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Here are some observations and questions on the high stakes move.
—Oliver Darcy, CNN, 30 Aug. 2023
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The clock is ticking on a debt ceiling decision with much at stake, Williams says.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 17 May 2023
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Barbara was the dentist and Brian owned a stake in the business and property.
—Matt Gutman, ABC News, 13 May 2023
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Installation can be as quick as pushing stakes in the ground around your property, and letting the sun's rays do the rest of the work.
—Katie Kommer, Popular Mechanics, 31 May 2023
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Millions of lives and the peace and stability of an entire region are at stake.
—Aj Willingham, CNN, 7 Mar. 2024
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This tent is very easy to assemble, too, with clear instructions and stakes for securing it to the ground.
—Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 24 May 2023
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The prize derived from the $5 participation fee is at stake.
—Bill Brownlee, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
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At stake in Adam and Eve’s transgression in the Garden is the knowledge of good and evil, which embodies power.
—Christopher Knight, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
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If the upper echelons of management choose to work away from home and the office, there is a lot more at stake for a business.
—Chintan Patel, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2023
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And with a spot in the confederation’s title game at stake, both teams — as well as the sport — deserved better.
—Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
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Some progressive Democrats are calling on Biden to come out and explain the larger issues at stake in the dispute.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
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Don’t leave someone else in charge when money or your reputation is at stake.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
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At the closing high for Trump Media’s stock price, the former president’s stake was valued at $5.2 billion.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
- She staked the tomatoes to keep them from falling over.
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Each of them uses the camera to stake their claim on the culture.
—Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 9 June 2022
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And also, he's sent out there to stake a claim and send money back home.
—Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 25 Sep. 2022
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Now Biden is staking his claim for a second term on it.
—Michael Sasso, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2023
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Attach cords to the grommets on the side or corners, and tie them to trees or stake the cords down to keep it taut.
—Field & Stream Commerce Team, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2023
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All there was left to do was stake their claim on the college football landscape.
—Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Sep. 2022
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Some of the oldest rights date to the 1800s, when white settlers could stake their claims by nailing a notice to a tree.
—Hayley Smithstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2022
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The company became Meta last year to stake a flag in the nascent metaverse world.
—Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 1 June 2022
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The others did not stake clear positions on the question.
—Michael Brice-Saddler, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
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With two outs in a 3-3 tie in the fourth inning, Dunckel singled up the middle to score two and stake the Lopes to a 5-3 lead.
—Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 21 May 2022
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The Cavs’ lighter weights staked them to a good lead, and Anthony Rodrigues’ pin at 190 pounds brought home the title.
—Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 12 Feb. 2024
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Is this little-talking, slow drink of water the right person to stake it all on?
—Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2022
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But the willingness of 50 senators to stake their claim to a climate bill is a big deal.
—Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2022
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It’s surprising that Musk would stake so much of his wealth on a site that so many of its users profess to hate.
—New York Times, 26 Apr. 2022
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The final step is to clip the solar panel to your patio, or stake the panel into the grass.
—Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2022
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Thomas scored nine points in the opening quarter to stake the Warriors to a 15-10 advantage.
—Brad Emons, Detroit Free Press, 25 Feb. 2023
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Airbus is trying to stake a claim in this market with a freighter version of its A350 wide-body.
—Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2022
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People or groups that stake more of their cryptocurrency are more likely to get the work — and the reward.
—Amy Beth Hanson, Chron, 22 Apr. 2022
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But staking their claim to dynasty status, the Chiefs saw their standouts prevail down the stretch.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2024
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Yeaney hit a three-pointer with eight minutes remaining to stake OSU to its largest lead at 56-48.
—oregonlive, 29 Jan. 2023
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The aboutness of a writer’s work is a useful tool in this game: to stake and to fence are the first steps in claiming a piece of the literary landscape.
—Yiyun Li, Harper’s Magazine , 28 Sep. 2022
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This time around, no one can ignore Jones staking her claim as R&B’s newest princess.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2023
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In the meantime, Royce Lewis recovered from his knee surgery, returned to the major-league roster and staked his claim to third base.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 14 Mar. 2024
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Jalen Suggs hit three 3-pointers to stake Orlando to an early 11-point lead, but it was gone by the end of the first quarter.
—Dick Scanlon, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2024
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Can Castroneves go back-to-back and stake his claim as the best driver in Indy history?
—Ellen J. Horrow, USA TODAY, 29 May 2022
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Many people have staked their lives and the lives of their families on the views espoused by Kennedy and others who oppose vaccines.
—Michelle R. Smith, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2023
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Monday night’s game with the Astros started off well enough, with Adam Duvall’s three-run homer in the first inning staking the Sox to a 3-0 lead.
—Andrew Mahoney, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
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Lost in the decades since has been her bravery in choosing to stake it all on a film that was unabashedly feminist and Jewish.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 7 Nov. 2023
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For some Hawkeye fans, there was a gallows humor to staking free drinks on Iowa’s ability to score points.
—Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
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For the second time in less than a year, Colas and his son were attempting to reunite with the rest of their Haitian family in the Bay Area and stake an asylum claim.
—Deepa Fernandes, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 May 2022
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