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Recent Examples of speculator
This steady growth has led some speculators to consider whether Dogecoin could return to its all-time high—and possibly even surpass it.
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Sixteen Ramos, AZCentral.com, 12 Sep. 2025
As resident-owners dwindle (the old husband-and-wife landlord teams who watched after their building and its maintenance), the speculators and amateur landlords who are taking over are seldom able or even willing to keep buildings in good repair.
—Nicholas Pileggi, Curbed, 15 Aug. 2025
For at least one speculator, the LA offender appears to have also generated a profit.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 6 Aug. 2025
In 1799, citizens in the eastern part of the state organized to resist a new property tax that unfairly targeted farmers over land speculators.
—Time, 2 July 2025
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Sixteen Ramos, AZCentral.com, 12 Sep. 2025
As resident-owners dwindle (the old husband-and-wife landlord teams who watched after their building and its maintenance), the speculators and amateur landlords who are taking over are seldom able or even willing to keep buildings in good repair.
—Nicholas Pileggi, Curbed, 15 Aug. 2025
For at least one speculator, the LA offender appears to have also generated a profit.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 6 Aug. 2025
In 1799, citizens in the eastern part of the state organized to resist a new property tax that unfairly targeted farmers over land speculators.
—Time, 2 July 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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All Quiet on the Western Front and Conclave director Edward Berger is exploring another chill, very normal setting with a somewhat surreal thriller starring Colin Farrell as a degenerate gambler who is making a last-ditch effort to get out of the mountain of debt he’s made for himself.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
1 Nov. 2025
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None of this was any news to professional gamblers or bookmakers, who have long had an instinct for when something is off in the betting markets.—
David Hill,
Rolling Stone,
31 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.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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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
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“Speculator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speculator. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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