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Recent Examples of speculator
Sixty percent of speculators in the Fed funds futures market currently think Powell will cut interest rates by 0.25% to the 4% level in September—a move that would deliver new cheap money into equities.
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Jim Edwards, Fortune, 25 July 2025
The speculator on the long side of the future expects a dime of profit for taking on the price risk.
—William Baldwin, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick had more good news for speculators this week.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 27 June 2025
Samson realizes that arresting speculators and burglars on behalf of the Bolsheviks will not bring back the stability of his middle-class, prerevolutionary youth.
—Uilleam Blacker, The Atlantic, 4 June 2025
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Jim Edwards, Fortune, 25 July 2025
The speculator on the long side of the future expects a dime of profit for taking on the price risk.
—William Baldwin, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick had more good news for speculators this week.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 27 June 2025
Samson realizes that arresting speculators and burglars on behalf of the Bolsheviks will not bring back the stability of his middle-class, prerevolutionary youth.
—Uilleam Blacker, The Atlantic, 4 June 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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The nonpartisan election handicapper Cook Political Report rates Kemp’s seat as a toss-up.—
Brandon Conradis,
The Hill,
29 July 2025
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Derby: Expert handicapper Ed DeRosa is a big proponent that winning money at the Kentucky Derby is more important than picking the winner.—
Ray Padilla,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
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“Speculator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speculator. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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