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Recent Examples of grubstake
Out of cash, Steen reluctantly abandoned grubstaking to work as a carpenter in Tucson, Arizona, for a year, but the uranium called to him.
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Aaron Robinson, Car and Driver, 27 July 2017
Aaron Robinson, Car and Driver, 27 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grubstake
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Obviously, these innovative companies aren’t paying out dividends.Brett Owens, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Good was the only female CEO among Charlotte's top 10 highest paid.Katie Peralta Soloff, Axios, 22 Dec. 2024
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The cost for each student is $7,500, which Saffold wants to defray through fundraising.La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
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Keeping a particular balance on-chain while traveling or at home helps provide rewards to defray future transaction costs.Geoff Whitmore, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Yet the great benefit of Eilish’s release strategy had yet to fully pay off.Stephen Daw, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024
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For many families, the ROI on the nearly $50,000 annual tuition pays off; about 17 percent of the class of 2024 went to Ivies.Max Kutner, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Dec. 2024
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True to its name, the remaining stores are being liquidated in partnership with Hilco Merchant Resources.Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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However, the Sandy Hook families have not seen any of this money because Jones filed for bankruptcy and moved to liquidate his assets.Justin Klawans, The Week US, theweek, 20 Nov. 2024
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Companies with significant technological resources can support the installation of Wi-Fi hot spots in low-income neighborhoods or help fund initiatives to provide affordable high-speed internet to households in need.Sumeet Grover, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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Honorable Mention: North Korean Cryptocurrency Theft A lot of people steal a lot of cryptocurrency every year, including North Korean cybercriminals who have a mandate to help fund the hermit kingdom.Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 26 Dec. 2024
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Jenny McCarthy seems pretty sold on Jason Derulo, Robin Thicke is leaning towards Anthony Ramos and Ken Jeong would stake his doctorate degree on Usher.Andy Swift, TVLine, 18 Dec. 2024
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Or with Cohen staking his claim to officially being the baddest owner on the planet.Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024
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Businesses fail if proceeds do not recompense all expenses used in producing and delivering their products.Phillip Molnar, The Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2024
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The farmers argue that they should be recompensed by Texas under the takings clause of the Fifth Amendment.Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Jan. 2024
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Among those whom Dickson called when considering Posen was Domenico De Sole, the chairman of Tom Ford International, who had underwritten, along with Ford, Posen’s second runway show in 2002.Irina Aleksander, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
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Amy Marks Dornbusch underwrites this sentiment in full.Alexander Puutio, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Grubstake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grubstake. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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