jackpots

noun

plural of jackpot
1
as in predicaments
chiefly West a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape a wily dude who managed to get himself out of one jackpot after another

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2
as in pools
the total of the bets at stake at one time once the jackpot hit $100 million, everybody and his cousin was buying lottery tickets

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Recent Examples of jackpots Monday had only three big money Florida Lottery drawings — one Powerball, two Fantasy 5 pulls — but seven players shared two jackpots. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026 Eleven other players won Fantasy 5 jackpots in the past week. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 24 Aug. 2026 The game is also in the midst of its biggest expansion in years, with players in the United Kingdom now joining Americans in the race for jackpots that could grow even faster when no winning ticket is sold. — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2026 Lucky Day Lotto is an Illinois-only game with two daily drawings in the afternoon and evening, with jackpots starting at $100,000. — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026 Four of the biggest 10 jackpots in Powerball history have had tickets sold in California, including the largest one in 2022. — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026 The jackpot is now the eighth largest jackpots in game history. — ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jackpots
  1. predicaments
  2. pools
  3. pickles
  4. funds
  5. dilemmas
  6. holes
  7. swamps
Noun
  • Aemond, too, for that matter, while Daemon’s arrogance continues to get Team Black into all sorts of predicaments.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Rather than bridging shortfalls, both Seattle and Washington now face more difficult fiscal predicaments, Joblon said.
    — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 18 May 2026
Definition of predicaments
Noun
  • Alongside the under-14s’ triumph, the under-15s won the Premier League International Tournament, showing the age-group-wide talent pools Newcastle now possess.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Dreamed up by Soho House founder Nick Jones, The Ned has nine restaurants, 15 bars, a spa, two pools and a members’ club.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of pools
Noun
  • The meat from Kafi BBQ is locally sourced from halal farms and everything from the barbecue sauce, bread and pickles are made in-house at the restaurant.
    — Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2026
  • All of these have enough body and heft to stand up to the moisture from the pickles without turning watery in an hour or two.
    — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of pickles
Noun
  • Why private credit may avoid a ‘crisis-apocalypse’ Blackstone’s scale attracts outsized scrutiny, and investors’ attempts to pull money from its private credit funds earlier this year made headline news.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • About half of the capital funds will go toward replacing two fire engines and adding a new one, while the rest will be used to purchase new equipment for the department.
    — Gabriel Brito, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of funds
Noun
  • Summary Major League Baseball has finally resolved its decades-long stadium dilemmas for the Oakland A's and Tampa Bay Rays.
    — Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The Sussexes’ return presents the royal family with many dilemmas, said Hilary Rose in The Times.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of dilemmas
Noun
  • McIlroy surged into the top-10 on Saturday with a 7-under 63, powered by nine birdies, including three in his final four holes.
    — Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The golf course would be transformed from its original layout of three courses with 36 holes to a single 18-hole championship course, per the outlet.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of holes
Noun
  • They can also be found in a variety of habitats, including forests, grasslands, scrub brush, swamps and deserts.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026
  • But in the swamps and marshes, oaks are isolated on the islands.
    — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of swamps

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