wager
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Apple’s innovation bet is on hardware rather than software, Mukunda continued — a wager that the way to profit from the artificial-intelligence revolution is through the hardware that allows customers to use it.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026
Traders on the losing side of the wager were outraged.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
“Tow” is a Cher tweet moment for nearly everyone involved, and that’s a lot of people — I’d wager even more familiar names than you’re expecting.
From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026
But a wager on DraftKings and Flutter is now a much riskier proposition, due to the rise of Polymarket and Kalshi.
From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026
Kilrain said, “Make you a little wager, Colonel. We’ll sit here all day and in the evening we’ll march away again.”
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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