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Recent Examples of speculator
Nobody is quite sure what caused the shortage, but experts think speculators may be hoarding rice in anticipation of rising prices.
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Natasha Frost, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2025
Meme Coins Going Mainstream Like the wild oil booms of the 19th century, meme coins have turned digital traders into modern-day speculators.
—Chris Groshong, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Simply put: governments do not make very good real estate speculators.
—Zoe Tishaev, Orange County Register, 27 Feb. 2025
Newsom’s order to protect fire victims from predatory land speculators makes unsolicited and undervalued offers a misdemeanor offense for three months.
—Melody Gutierrez, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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Natasha Frost, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2025
Meme Coins Going Mainstream Like the wild oil booms of the 19th century, meme coins have turned digital traders into modern-day speculators.
—Chris Groshong, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Simply put: governments do not make very good real estate speculators.
—Zoe Tishaev, Orange County Register, 27 Feb. 2025
Newsom’s order to protect fire victims from predatory land speculators makes unsolicited and undervalued offers a misdemeanor offense for three months.
—Melody Gutierrez, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 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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Anonymous tipsters can contact police at 1-866-60-CRIME or go to stancrimetips.org.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
People.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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After plastering a wanted photo around the Bronx neighborhood, a tipster later identified him to cops as someone who sells weed out of a van in the area.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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So some handicappers like to forecast the Kentucky Derby by analyzing how horses perform down the stretch of their last prep race before Churchill Downs.—
Peter Keating,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Democrats are early favorites to win governor’s races in New Jersey and Virginia this year, according to a leading elections handicapper.—
Elizabeth Crisp,
The Hill,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Speculator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speculator. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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