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Meanings of sweepstakes in English

Lottery organized as a marketing promotion.

Usage of sweepstakes in English
1
Children during the second world war sell sweepstakes from door to door.
The Guardian
2
He'd win the YouTube viral sweepstakes of the week with that footage.
Silver zombie: delilah street: paranormal investigator
3
There was a sweepstakes she'd seen in one of her mother's magazines.
We are all welcome here
4
Click below to enter this Climbing and Urban Climber magazine joint sweepstakes.
Climbing Magazine
5
Enter the sweepstakes with the form below and share it with a friend.
Climbing Magazine
6
This sweepstakes judges might need extra insurance just to get through the entries.
Wired
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He thought I must have won a sweepstakes contest, or something.
Our little secret
8
Apparently he took his sweepstakes winning and bought a stamp collection.
The new yorker
9
That said, Aereo cuts out nifty little space in the TV Anywhere sweepstakes.
Wired
10
Say, our investor wins a sweepstakes prize like what we see on TV.
Jamaica Observer
11
The level will take Angry Birds players to a Rio sweepstakes.
Reuters
12
Then there is a sculling sweepstakes, open to all the school.
Ernest Bracebridge: School Days
13
We were always entering sweepstakes, and we had never won anything.
We are all welcome here
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She subscribes to all the women's magazines and enters the sweepstakes.
Rage
15
As such, you are subject to the laws of your home state regarding sweepstakes.
Wired
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In return, you get a discount, access to content, or entry into a sweepstakes.
Wired
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