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Recent Examples of speculator
Possible Causes of a Toilet Seat Changing Color Many online speculators believe a change in hormones or PH levels is behind the mystery, but experts aren’t so sure.
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Hannah Silverman, Parents, 3 Oct. 2025
The kingdom’s budget is closely watched by everyone from investors in Saudi markets to oil speculators for signs of the government’s outlook on crude prices to prospects for construction spending.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2025
For at least one speculator, the LA offender appears to have also generated a profit.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 6 Aug. 2025
On the other side of the transactions are investors, land speculators, single-lot homebuilders as well as people who want to build a house to live in themselves, agents and sellers said.
—Jeff Collins, Daily News, 14 June 2025
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Hannah Silverman, Parents, 3 Oct. 2025
The kingdom’s budget is closely watched by everyone from investors in Saudi markets to oil speculators for signs of the government’s outlook on crude prices to prospects for construction spending.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2025
For at least one speculator, the LA offender appears to have also generated a profit.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 6 Aug. 2025
On the other side of the transactions are investors, land speculators, single-lot homebuilders as well as people who want to build a house to live in themselves, agents and sellers said.
—Jeff Collins, Daily News, 14 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speculator
Noun
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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
Noun
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In this collection of short stories, there is a story as syllabus, a board game, middle school gamblers, generous dead neighbors, and a professional gynecology patient.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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The gambler hit a royal flush on the flop in the poker game.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
4 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Which leaves market handicappers trying to sort out how much latent buying power remains among investors.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
29 Nov. 2025
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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
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“Speculator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speculator. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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