handicapper

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Recent Examples of handicapper Barrett's is one of 18 seats viewed as a toss-up by nonpartisan election handicapper The Cook Political Report. Joey Garrison, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025 Nonpartisan election handicappers Cook Political and Sabato’s Crystal Ball from the University of Virginia Center for Politics rate the New Jersey gubernatorial race as leaning Democratic. Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 27 Sep. 2025 Late last year, though, the handicappers came out hot with their 2025 targets, which sent expectations high and set up investors for a nasty early-year setback, even before the tariff shock in April crushed the tape, humbled the bulls and then eventually set a trap for the bears. Michael Santoli, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2025 Not surprisingly, both parties have made the 13th District a top target in 2026; handicappers rate the contest a toss-up, even as the field sorts itself out. Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for handicapper
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Noun
  • A couple of years ago, the NCAA released a study finding that 67% of college students living on campus had engaged in sports betting, 41% had bet on their school’s teams, and 35% had used a student bookmaker.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Yet Americans wager tens of billions of dollars every year through offshore bookmakers.
    Danny Funt, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And the Volatility Index , whose surge to around 25 appeared a bit overdone for a mere 3% dip, has now bled lower toward 18, stranding a lot of hedgers and bearish speculators with expensive downside protection.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Britain did have to devalue after burning through billions of pounds trying to defeat the speculators.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The data supports why oddsmakers continue to tilt the line toward the Buckeyes when playing at the Horseshoe.
    Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • So would your vote go to Doherty, as the oddsmakers predict?
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • He was handed a 3×5 index card with the tipster’s name and phone number.
    Joshua Goodman, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The hunt for Decker spanned three countries and yielded false alarms from tipsters across the US.
    Holly Yan, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 10 Nov. 2025.

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