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Recent Examples of speculator
Today, technology is enabling a new class of investors, and speculators, to get in on private credit, venture funds, and luxury collectibles, all as part of a modern, diversified portfolio and at relatively low expense.
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Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
The community's original name was Womble, named for land speculator Walter E. Womble Sr.
—Jack Schnedler, Arkansas Online, 16 June 2025
The earnestness would be too much if Skink weren’t such a lovable weirdo, more often at work devising plots to foil greedy speculators and invasive vacationers—burning down a theme park, for instance—than lamenting his own futility.
—Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025
Another potential deepfake danger may be from business partners, competitors or unscrupulous market speculators looking to gain leverage in negotiations or to try to affect a company's stock price through bad publicity.
—Jim Richberg, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
The community's original name was Womble, named for land speculator Walter E. Womble Sr.
—Jack Schnedler, Arkansas Online, 16 June 2025
The earnestness would be too much if Skink weren’t such a lovable weirdo, more often at work devising plots to foil greedy speculators and invasive vacationers—burning down a theme park, for instance—than lamenting his own futility.
—Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025
Another potential deepfake danger may be from business partners, competitors or unscrupulous market speculators looking to gain leverage in negotiations or to try to affect a company's stock price through bad publicity.
—Jim Richberg, Forbes, 24 Mar. 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
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Facing off against an older woman at the table, the high-stakes gambler appears to be relishing a winning streak.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
7 Oct. 2025
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What often brings spouses of gamblers into counseling — with or without their partner — is a big, upsetting shock.—
Jeanne Sahadi,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 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, .—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
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Some longtime bullish technical market handicappers have been using 6,600 as an upside target for nearly a year (John Kolovos at Macro Risk Advisors and Craig Johnson of Piper Sandler among them).—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Speculator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speculator. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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