Thesaurus results for GAMBLED

gambled

verb

past tense of gamble

as in bet

to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event a foolish man who gambled his life savings on the lottery

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Recent Examples of gambled And, yes, this dice roller gambled on him reaching 1,000 yards at +400. — Jess Bryant, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 Rather than finishing the ambitious project, Rinsch gambled much of the money in the cryptocurrency market before spending millions more on luxury purchases. — Antonio Ferme, Variety, 29 June 2026 Growers tore out the dependable whites that had made their name and gambled, vineyard by vineyard, on a harder, less forgiving grape. — Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026 Brendan Sorsby gambled on his own team to win a football game. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026 The company would have simply gambled on the wrong player. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 26 May 2026 Suarez wisely gambled on there being another downpour, taking only two tires when the rest of the leaders took four on a late pit stop with about 50 laps to go. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 25 May 2026 Even the late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs gambled his own security for success. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 11 May 2026 Washington gambled that losing some to inoculation was better than losing a war to the virus. — Katrine L. Wallace, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2026

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Verb

The betting odds for that being the case would’ve been very low when training camp began.

— Josh Kendall, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Two federal courts of appeals have now issued conflicting decisions on whether federal law preempts states from enforcing their sports betting laws against Kalshi and other prediction-market operators.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of bet

Verb

The function’s creator, Bernhard Riemann, wagered that the only way to make that output sum to exactly zero is to make the input variable’s real part exactly 1⁄2.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026
But short covering has also contributed to the decline, according to S3, as investors who had wagered against SpaceX bought back stock to exit their positions.

— Yun Li, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of wagered

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Upon the Lincoln’s arrival in the morning, service members could be seen working aboard the deck as loudspeakers played announcements about the process for disembarkation.

— Mosheh Gains, NBC news, 2 Sep. 2026
For Jaissle, a defensive midfielder who had preferably played in the Premier League was essential.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026

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