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as in bookseller
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as in handicapper
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Recent Examples of bookmaker
They're followed followed by usual suspects--England, France, Brazil and Argentina--although the exact hierarchy varies depending on the bookmaker.
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Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
But her husband was the bookmaker, the FBI alleged.
—Idaho Statesman, 14 Nov. 2025
Born in the Bronx to an Irish-American mother and a father with Neapolitan roots—a bookmaker and co-owner of a bar on the Throggs Neck peninsula—Ferrara spent his first eight years in the borough’s Morris Park neighborhood.
—Nick Pinkerton, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
As part of the scheme, each senior agent bookmaker kept a percentage of profits from bookmakers in the organization below them, as well as from their own book of bettors that placed bets directly with the senior agent.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
But her husband was the bookmaker, the FBI alleged.
—Idaho Statesman, 14 Nov. 2025
Born in the Bronx to an Irish-American mother and a father with Neapolitan roots—a bookmaker and co-owner of a bar on the Throggs Neck peninsula—Ferrara spent his first eight years in the borough’s Morris Park neighborhood.
—Nick Pinkerton, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
As part of the scheme, each senior agent bookmaker kept a percentage of profits from bookmakers in the organization below them, as well as from their own book of bettors that placed bets directly with the senior agent.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bookmaker
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By Wednesday, thousands of calls to boycott the bookseller had flooded social media.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2026
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Amazon, which started as an online bookseller and this year closed its Amazon Fresh supermarkets and Amazon Go convenience stores, is putting local infrastructure in place to shorten the distance between its warehouses and rural areas.—
Anne D'Innocenzio,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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This question is less for the horse and more for the handicappers at Laurel: What element in Iron Honor put him fractionally ahead, by half a point, of co-second favorites Taj Mahal and Chip Honcho.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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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
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The Valentine block stamping and printing workshop will be led by Nicki Fortunati-Warren, a multidisciplinary artist and bookbinder born in Italy and based in the Chicago area.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2026
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The user @sensitivequeer is a trans bookbinder and artist, and posted a video of themself rebinding a Potter book with a new cover, sans the author’s name.—
Quispe López,
Them.,
30 Oct. 2025
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Alongside the increases in prices over the past several months, there was a significant shift in speculator positions.—
SJ Guest Editorial,
Footwear News,
18 May 2026
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There is also an argument that dynamic ticketing prevents scalpers (known in the U.K. as touts) from being able to operate a secondary market for match tickets, though the counter argument to this is that bots and speculators will take their place.—
Simon Chadwick,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2026
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The Packers begin 2026 with the NFL fourth-longest losing streak, but the oddsmakers believe they’re set for a highly-successful season.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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Saturday’s performance, where Israel will try to win its fifth Eurovision in history (oddsmakers currently have the country fifth out of 25) is likely to bring more of those disturbances.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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“Bookmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bookmaker. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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