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Recent Examples of handicapper
Several other pros hinted at the same notion that an 18 handicapper could not possibly finish 18 at Oakmont, at least not with the allotted dozen balls.
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Kendall Capps, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
Elections handicapper Sabato’s Crystal Ball predicted earlier this month that Democrats would win back control of the House.
—Julia Manchester, The Hill, 30 Apr. 2025
Respected handicappers and professional bettors have taken an interest in the Vikings, who are back to a -1 to -1.5 point favorite.
—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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
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Kendall Capps, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
Elections handicapper Sabato’s Crystal Ball predicted earlier this month that Democrats would win back control of the House.
—Julia Manchester, The Hill, 30 Apr. 2025
Respected handicappers and professional bettors have taken an interest in the Vikings, who are back to a -1 to -1.5 point favorite.
—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handicapper
Noun
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The bookmaker’s challenge, from the beginning, was simple: if too much money poured in on the favorite, the bookie risked ruin.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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The odds of President Trump completing his second White House term have fallen dramatically as a result of public backlash over his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case over the past month, according to a leading bookmaker.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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The mass migration of speculators swelled California’s population to more than quadruple in size in about a decade’s time, growing to more than 370,000 people by 1860.—
Elise Hammond,
CNN Money,
17 May 2025
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For speculators, the price of cocoa has been known to fluctuate over $1,000 a day, so the opportunities for traders, following technical or fundamental analysis, can be lucrative.—
David T. Nudelman,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Contrary to most preseason forecasts by oddsmakers and pundits who gave the Snakes a slight edge, the Padres have turned this year’s two-club race into a rout.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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However, the oddsmaker still shows her with only a 6 percent chance of winning the party's primary—behind Buttigieg, Ocasio-Cortez, Newsom, Shapiro and Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 July 2025
Noun
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In 2005, an anonymous tipster sent the family disturbing images of a woman from an adult website based in the Caribbean.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
19 July 2025
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Tips are anonymous and tipsters are given a number instead of using their name.—
Bethany Blankley,
The Washington Examiner,
11 July 2025
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Yet as Russian war atrocities have become more evident, and Ukraine’s need for heavy armor has increased, the lines have grown blurrier and the rhetoric sharper.—
David E. Sanger,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2022
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Both offer blistering acceleration and sharper handling than the standard model.—
Eric Stafford,
Car and Driver,
19 Feb. 2021
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“Handicapper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handicapper. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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