cricket

noun

Definition of cricketnext
as in equity

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Recent Examples of cricket The 43-room red-brick hotel shares its vast 375 acres with an 18-hole golf course, a spa, as well as a cricket ground and horse pastures. — Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2026 Sports is driving demand, with JioHotstar experiencing a boost in reach during the IPL cricket season. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026 Especially when there does not appear to be too much wrong with England’s white-ball cricket, particularly the T20 team. — Paul Newman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Per the website, Queen Victoria used to travel from Windsor Castle to Lambrook to watch her grandsons in plays and cricket matches. — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 15 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cricket
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  1. equity
  2. justice
  3. fairness
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  • Netflix strongly encourages employees to take a portion of their pay in the form of equity, but with shares down more than 45 percent from a year ago employees who have done so are feeling the pain.
    — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
  • For months, equity traders holding CoreWeave (CRWV) have played that guard.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of equity
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  • Black men are imprisoned at more than five times the rate of white men, and a lot of commentators move straight from that number to the conclusion that the criminal justice system is racist.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The company agrees with skeptics like the NFL that justices must eventually opine on whether states and tribes should regulate its sports event contracts as sports bets, a Supreme Court litigator working with Kalshi told Semafor.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of justice
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  • The program honors female athletes who take consequential stands for fairness, opportunity or safety and provides financial support and access to leadership programming.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • In all fairness, Halley's subpar performance was not unexpected.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2026
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“Cricket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cricket. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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