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Discover LudwigThe phrase "at stakes" can be used in written English, but it is more commonly written as "at stake." The phrase refers to something that is at risk or in jeopardy.
It is often used in a figurative sense to describe a situation where there is a lot to gain or lose. Example: With the company's financial stability at stake, the CEO made the tough decision to downsize the workforce. In this example, "at stake" is used to show that the company's financial stability is in danger and there is a lot to lose if the CEO does not take action.
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Ditto not burning the unemployed at stakes.
Bruno had insisted they begin at stakes of a hundred per point.
A historical decision that manifests what was at stakes for many: a choice between value systems (humanist, inclusive, republican values versus nationalist, xenophobic currents)….
It began in 1970, when Benny Binion invited a handful of his high-rolling poker-playing cronies to get together at the Horseshoe in order to compete in various forms of poker at stakes that only they could contemplate.
So when on 10 May 2010 a small army of men, marshalled with military precision, toured betting shops and placed thousands of trebles and yankees (a four-horse bet, combining doubles, trebles and an accumulator) on seemingly average horses at stakes low enough not to sound any alarm bells, the bookies were slow to react.
These are collective moods which induce members of collectives both to sacrifice themselves for others and to burn dissenters at stakes.
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He was at stake.
"Everything is at stake".
Much is at stake.
West title at stake.
Pride is at stake.
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