Used in a Sentence

staking

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for staking.

Editorial note

This means that in order to try and do a 51% attack, the attacker must have 51% of the staking coins.

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Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

An act of stabbing with a stake.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of staking gathered in one view.

noun

An act of stabbing with a stake.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for staking.

Example sentences

1

This means that in order to try and do a 51% attack, the attacker must have 51% of the staking coins.

2

You're staking out a position that's counter-intuitive, so you're the one who has to get the data ball rolling.

3

What, fundamentally, is the difference between a spy staking out your house and an algorithm analysing your social media data?

4

Especially when they do things like staking out the position that there is no reasonable room for disagreeing with them.

5

It matters because it also smacks of the same moral/intellectual high-ground staking that serves to dismiss entire groups of people.

6

Between that and Riseup, the early 00's were a great time for staking your place with an email address that signaled your values.

7

Some core devs have taken it on and are staking themselves on it.

8

To be honest, and this is where we diverge, I'm not interested in staking an opinion on this one.

9

One of my most frustrating memories was being reliant on this person for performance reviews and staking my future on her opinion of my performance.

10

You can't speak simple truths without staking your career on it.

11

I suspect this is Tesla staking claim in a market that will grow as the price of large rechargeable batteries drops.

12

You can keep responding to that dislike, but on HN, given its natural audience, staking out much of a pro-Java position is doomed to futility.

Quote examples

1

There are enough people on this planet staking their reputations on one claim or another that we should expect people to "see things coming".

2

If the worry really is that the language around open source is everywhere scrubbed of the original free software ethos (I'm not too sure about that), a sensible move would be counter that by staking out a corner of "open source" and using it to promote ethical software.

Proper noun examples

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Staking out and defending a niche would be a prerequisite, open-source or proprietary.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use staking in a sentence?

This means that in order to try and do a 51% attack, the attacker must have 51% of the staking coins.

What does staking mean?

An act of stabbing with a stake.

What part of speech is staking?

staking is commonly used as noun.