How to Use handicapper in a Sentence

handicapper

noun
  • That still leaves a lot of tools in the box for handicappers to use in the next week.
    Kevin Modesti, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Lukas has been used on national shows as a handicapper and has been known to make a bet or two.
    Jeff Nahill, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 July 2017
  • The fat tees and the iron covers — only high-handicappers use them.
    Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 18 May 2026
  • And yes, the way a horse looks right before can affect the way a handicapper wagers.
    Rachel Aretakis, The Courier-Journal, 2 May 2018
  • Mid-year is also a time for market handicappers to update their best guesses on where things go from here.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 14 June 2025
  • These are the cameras that are lined up under the rails like handicappers at betting windows.
    Michael Clevenger, The Courier-Journal, 15 June 2018
  • And like all sports, there's a certain evil genius to baseball handicappers who know how to set a run total.
    Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 15 May 2018
  • The handicappers keep fitting him for a pine overcoat, but the voters haven’t gotten the memo.
    Jonah Goldberg, National Review, 4 Dec. 2019
  • In each episode, teams of two contestants, advised by a racing handicapper, will bet on three races.
    Diane Bell, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 May 2017
  • One of the things handicappers look at when making their decisions is workouts.
    John Cherwa, latimes.com, 23 Apr. 2018
  • All four of those top runners had gone off with — so the globe's best handicappers thought — better chances at the pot of gold than the horse that beat them.
    Guy Martin, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The app isn’t just for food; guests can also use it to place bets on races or interact with a virtual handicapper.
    Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 13 May 2021
  • Miestowski and Rossiano, a single-digit handicapper, grew close over the last four years.
    Mike Hutton, Post-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2017
  • The series pits two-person teams of novice bettors, each coached by a pro handicapper, against one another.
    Diane Bell, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 Sep. 2017
  • Here’s how all the TVG handicappers, who posted their picks on the website, did.
    John Cherwa, latimes.com, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Which leaves market handicappers trying to sort out how much latent buying power remains among investors.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 29 Nov. 2025
  • The election handicapper rated the race as one of just three 2026 Senate toss-ups.
    Jared Gans, The Hill, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Vegas handicappers aren’t waiting to see where LeBron James ends up.
    Ed Barkowitz, Philly.com, 9 June 2018
  • Once again, we’re joined in the weekly picks against-the-spread by handicapper Raphael Esparza, of Doc’s Sports.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2019
  • But even with all those signs of a potential shift in Texas, political handicappers still show Cruz as the front-runner.
    Ed O'Keefe, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2018
  • Show handicappers have already wondered whether the NCAA's limits will hurt her chances.
    Jacob Bogage, chicagotribune.com, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Five of the defendants were described as fixers; three with connections to players through coaching and training and two described as gamblers and sports handicappers.
    Arkansas Online, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Late last month, the most respected political handicapper in the game moved its rating for the race from a GOP gimme to a click closer to the middle.
    Philip Elliott, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
  • But there are hints that the unleashed-animal-spirits theme that kicked in late last year and was part of every handicappers upbeat 2025 outlook is bidding for a do-over.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 17 May 2025
  • Instead of working with the best of the best, Haney now instructs amateur players of all ages and abilities, ranging from low handicappers to the dreamer who just wants to break 90.
    Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
  • He was injured last year which kept him off the Kentucky Derby Trail, and handicappers and race analysts love this horses talent, but not the far outside draw with the short run to the first turn.
    Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Horses from Japan have to travel more than 6,000 miles and undergo quarantine to compete in the Derby, which is enough to make many handicappers shun them.
    Peter Keating, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • Asked who was the best baseball player/handicapper he's had, Lemos cited Joey Harmon, a 2014 grad now at Chapman.
    Eric Sondheimer, latimes.com, 22 Apr. 2018
  • Political handicappers aren’t likely to give Jolly — or any Democrat — much of a chance to win in 2026, even with an open governor’s seat up for grabs.
    Vivienne Serret, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
  • Longtime handicapper Bruce Marshall cautioned against assuming France and Argentina would meet in the final.
    ABC News, 29 June 2026

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