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- stake
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When something is at stake, it is at risk of being lost if people are not successful in saving it. If someone's life is at stake, it is in great danger.
Everyone helped because they knew that children's lives were at stake.The owners of the restaurant worked even harder to compete with the other restaurant because they knew their business was at stake.- synonyms:
- concerned, invested, involved
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