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Recent Examples of speculator
Long before that, Point Richmond was an island surrounded by water and marshes, on land owned by 1800s farmer and real estate speculator John Nicholl.
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Culture Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Jan. 2026
With a speculator urban class in the Northeast becoming wealthy and a rural farming class in the South and the Midwest caught in the monetary brace of the Gold Standard, American democracy was ripe for change.
—David McWilliams, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
The talking heads, always a key ingredient to the Ken Burns Experience, go to great lengths to describe not only the greatness of men like George Washington in particular, but also the darker side of their lives, like Washington’s position as a slaveholder and land speculator.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 12 Nov. 2025
For at least one speculator, the LA offender appears to have also generated a profit.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 6 Aug. 2025
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Culture Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Jan. 2026
With a speculator urban class in the Northeast becoming wealthy and a rural farming class in the South and the Midwest caught in the monetary brace of the Gold Standard, American democracy was ripe for change.
—David McWilliams, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
The talking heads, always a key ingredient to the Ken Burns Experience, go to great lengths to describe not only the greatness of men like George Washington in particular, but also the darker side of their lives, like Washington’s position as a slaveholder and land speculator.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 12 Nov. 2025
For at least one speculator, the LA offender appears to have also generated a profit.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speculator
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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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Two gamblers at Thunder Valley Casino Resort near Sacramento won back-to-back jackpots of more than $200,000 apiece, casino officials reported.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
8 June 2026
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As recently as two weeks ago, federal prosecutors alleged in an unsealed indictment that Terry Rozier, one of the players caught in that probe, accepted $100,000 to leave a game with a foot injury so that a group of gamblers could cash in on a hefty profit.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
8 June 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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“Speculator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speculator. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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