tipster

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Recent Examples of tipster An anonymous tipster called police to say the bandits were trying to sell their loot less than a mile away, and gave the cops Hussein’s Instagram handle, according to court filings. John Annese, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2025 The technician may initiate a confidential dialogue with the tipster to gather details and assess the severity of the concern. Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 4 Aug. 2025 Additionally, however, the tipster has seconded a couple of rumors reported previously. PC Magazine, 28 July 2025 As often happened, Guillermo’s whereabouts were revealed to the grandmothers’ organization by an anonymous tipster. Julia M. Klein, The Atlantic, 11 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for tipster
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tipster
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
  • Breda did tell me that, along with Helen, both the friend and the prison informant received a share of the million-dollar reward.
    Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The sequel to 2021's Furioza brings us back into the dark and unsettling Polish underworld, as a young scumbag gets stuck under the thumb of the police and has to infiltrate a notorious prison as an informant.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Markets are now fully pricing in a 25-basis-point rate cut at the Fed’s upcoming Sept. 17 meeting, with speculators already eyeing additional cuts in October and December.
    Benzinga, Freep.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • This steady growth has led some speculators to consider whether Dogecoin could return to its all-time high—and possibly even surpass it.
    Sixteen Ramos, AZCentral.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Frizer and Skeres were fraudsters, and the sinister Poley was an informer, crucial to the exposure of the Babington Plot.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Option 2: If one prisoner informs while the other stays silent, the informer will go free while the silent one receives the harshest sentence.
    Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Noun
  • The club signed a sponsorship deal with a major Swedish bookmaker.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • However, as of Thursday morning, bookmakers' odds had Trump and the Sudanese group as the joint favorites, according to Oddschecker.
    Kate Bartlett, NPR, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But when a snitch blows the whistle on an upcoming shipment, José Antonio’s ultimate life-and-death battle for power ensues.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
  • That now-infamous measure would have denied most public services — including schooling — to undocumented immigrants, and turned teachers and nurses into snitches.
    George Skelton, Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The data supports why oddsmakers continue to tilt the line toward the Buckeyes when playing at the Horseshoe.
    Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • So would your vote go to Doherty, as the oddsmakers predict?
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Rafael is a crime and breaking news reporter at the Arkansas Democrat Gazette.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Tim Stelloh Tim Stelloh is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.
    Madeline Morrison, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Tipster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tipster. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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