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Discover LudwigThe phrase 'hedge bets' is correct and can be used in written English.
It is often used to describe the action of minimizing the risk of loss in a situation. For example, "The investor was smart to hedge his bets by also investing in the stock market".
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However, the vague promises of Labour's 1997 manifesto were no accident, but an attempt to hedge bets.
Still, if the current financial crisis has taught the public anything, it's that it is wise to hedge bets.
Unlike bigger studios, which hedge bets by releasing a dozen or more films a year, one DreamWorks Animation flop could send the company's stock into a tailspin.
So, to hedge bets, protect careers and guarantee future funding, the obvious thing to suggest is yet more research on the long-term, heavy use of mobile phones.
Still, the recently opened village spot sticks with its roots and doesn't hedge bets by offering Japanese, Thai or Korean food.
There were also less benign interpretations: an infatuation with the random and arbitrary; a desire to hedge bets; a refusal to commit to any point of view except negation.
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It's time to stop hedging bets.
"They are hedging bets," says a Syrian analyst.
The casino operators themselves are adept at hedging bets.
We're hedging bets like mad — heck, we own 32 percent of Hulu.
"Enron could have done extremely well with betting on market inefficiencies and hedging bets," he said.
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