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Sentence count:201+3Posted:2017-09-03Updated:2020-07-24
Similar words: take stepstake shapetake stocktake stock ofmake a mistaketake seriouslyit takes all sortsstakeMeaning: [steɪk]  n. the money risked on a gamble. 
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91. The afternoon will feature three stakes and a closely watched maiden race.
92. The move puts off a decision on the question for at least several months, but it may well raise the stakes.
93. The erosion of investment grade credits, though, would raise the stakes for banks.
94. But commander-in-chief Douglas MacArthur wanted to play for higher stakes.
95. Quackenbush is confident the timetable can be met, especially since the financial stakes are so high.
96. But he rolled back the years wearing his old jockeys' uniform in the Radcliffe Selling Stakes at Nottingham.
97. About 65 percent of Gold Fields' earnings are from dividends paid by gold mines in which it has equity stakes.
98. Our family pulled up stakes every few years when Dad was in the Army.
99. As a three-year-old he was unplaced in his first four races then ran a good second in the Chelmsford Stakes at Randwick.
100. I have relatively high stakes in conformity - I happen to have done fairly well out of it.
101. Any claim of a new treatment for dyslexia is certain to be controversial, in part because the stakes are so high.
102. They had been in dangerous situations before but none where the stakes were so high.
103. The stakes were that high; the pressure on her was that great.
104. The primary purpose of the SARs is to restrict the swift build-up of substantial stakes in a target company by dawn raids.
105. Fven when the stakes are high, his battle is not his own and he has, therefore, nothing to lose.
106. I can only presume that Lucker has failed in the macho stakes. Sea trout for supper.
107. Moreover, when a business pulls up stakes or downsizes, an entire program can wither overnight.
108. Often hailed as a jazz fusion pioneer himself, Pat Metheny is nevertheless no stranger in the Grab-a-Grammy stakes.
109. It carries huge implications for the shape of the armed services and huge stakes for U.S. foreign policy.
110. And the stakes are high - tribal peoples are intimidated, beaten and sometimes killed for opposing modern-day land grabs.
111. Tomatoes leaned on stakes, runner beans twined round a wigwam of canes and rambling roses rambled over their appointed places.
112. The residual stakes would eventually be placed in a new public company 51 percent owned by the Treasury.
113. In such circumstances, why raise the stakes by pursuing independence?
114. Well, maybe they do, but making any old noises is clearly not sufficient to enter the rationality stakes.
115. But they will be allowed to buy stakes of up to 15 percent and after five years the barriers will come down.
115. Sentencedict.com try its best to collect and build good sentences.
116. But precisely because the stakes are so high there is no excuse for ignoring nuances, glossing over contradictions and exaggerating faults.
117. The words may sound harsh, but the stakes are high.
118. I use hazel stakes, cut in the autumn after the sap has receded.
119. The elder Clarks and the Wrights had sold off their stakes.
120. Despite the stakes, the Super Tuesday states, especially Texas, have been quiet so far.
More similar words: take stepstake shapetake stocktake stock ofmake a mistaketake seriouslyit takes all sortsstakemistakeat stakestakeoutmistakenmistake forby mistakemistakenlystakeholdertake the standand no mistakeif I am not mistakentake the cakeflakesmake suremakeshiftmake senseshakespearemake sense ofmake sure thatshakespeareanpikestafftake
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