speculator

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Recent Examples of speculator For at least one speculator, the LA offender appears to have also generated a profit. Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 6 Aug. 2025 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. 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 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 See All Example Sentences for speculator
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Noun
  • 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
  • Both offer blistering acceleration and sharper handling than the standard model.
    Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 19 Feb. 2021
Noun
  • The effect on problem gamblers was catastrophic.
    Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2025
  • While this lucky gambler hit the jackpot, Hard Rock Seminole assured visitors that there are still opportunities to test their own luck.
    Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Late last year, though, the handicappers came out hot with their 2025 targets, which sent expectations high and set up investors for a nasty early-year setback, even before the tariff shock in April crushed the tape, humbled the bulls and then eventually set a trap for the bears.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This handy stainless steel dicer can slice, wedge cut, or dice eggs, tomatoes, mushrooms, strawberries, and more.
    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Speculator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speculator. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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