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as in bookseller
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as in handicapper
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Recent Examples of bookmaker
The bookmakers, however, believe that Daniel Žižka is likely to challenge for the win.
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Jon O'Brien,
Vulture,
11 May 2026
Unwilling to take orders or play by the rules of polite society, the two partner up as a bookmaker and his enforcer and run an illicit gambling operation that proves highly profitable — but dangerous.
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Anthony D'alessandro,
Deadline,
4 May 2026
Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another is the favorite among bookmakers and Oscar forecasting experts.
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Thomas Buckley,
Bloomberg,
15 Mar. 2026
So unlikely that one bookmaker paid out on Arsenal being crowned champion even before kickoff.
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ABC News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Jon O'Brien,
Vulture,
11 May 2026
Unwilling to take orders or play by the rules of polite society, the two partner up as a bookmaker and his enforcer and run an illicit gambling operation that proves highly profitable — but dangerous.
—
Anthony D'alessandro,
Deadline,
4 May 2026
Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another is the favorite among bookmakers and Oscar forecasting experts.
—
Thomas Buckley,
Bloomberg,
15 Mar. 2026
So unlikely that one bookmaker paid out on Arsenal being crowned champion even before kickoff.
—
ABC News,
19 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for bookmaker
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bookmaker
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Noelle is a bookseller with the goal of becoming a librarian, in a nod to Forest's own professional background.
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On Wall Street, as for an antiquarian bookseller, intermediaries tend to make the most money when the job is most difficult.
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Longtime handicapper Bruce Marshall cautioned against assuming France and Argentina would meet in the final.
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Pictured above, the hardworking AFP shooter Henry Nicholls produces yet another fine portrait in his shot of a young handicapper luxuriating in the Zenlike smoke-wreathed focus required to select just the perfect and perfectly-priced mounts to back in the next race.
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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.
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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.
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As with other futures markets, compute contracts would also draw speculators — traders with no direct need for GPU capacity but a view on where compute prices are headed.
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But beyond that historic wealth event, the massive deal is resetting expectations for the sprawling network of startup firms, venture funds and high-net-worth speculators that dominate private markets for unlisted technology stocks — and for every major IPO that follows in its wake.
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Nonetheless, the Under is pricier at the market-making operations, such as Circa Sports in Las Vegas and the offshore oddsmaker Pinnacle Sportsbook.
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That’s an exponentially better chance than betting analysts say oddsmakers would’ve given the 1980 American ice hockey team (likely in the 1000-to-1 range).
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“Bookmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bookmaker. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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