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tipster

noun

Definition of tipster

as in informant

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as in handicapper

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Recent Examples of tipster Both Buttigiegs were kept from seeing their children for about a day in June after an anonymous tipster claimed Pete Buttigieg had admitted to abusing other children several years ago. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2026 Investigators were also able to identify the anonymous tipster and murder suspect as Popps, a 54-year-old Michigan resident. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026 Around 2018, a tipster sent an anonymous letter to federal agencies in Birmingham, which complained about a sprawling sports-gambling operation and named several people involved, including Pughsley and Hunt. — Keith O’Brien, New Yorker, 25 June 2026 Several hours later, a tipster, aware of the search for the shooter, reported seeing the U-Haul in Bankers Hill outside Balboa Park. — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for tipster

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Noun

Remember those jailhouse informants who claimed Kezer had confessed?

— Peter Henderson, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
Detectives relied on confidential informants to bust the operation – an informant who purchased drugs from Robinson blew the operation open.

— Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of informant

Noun

Longtime handicapper Bruce Marshall cautioned against assuming France and Argentina would meet in the final.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 June 2026
Pictured above, the hardworking AFP shooter Henry Nicholls produces yet another fine portrait in his shot of a young handicapper luxuriating in the Zenlike smoke-wreathed focus required to select just the perfect and perfectly-priced mounts to back in the next race.

— Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026

Definition of handicapper

Noun

So long as people are manually placing trades, Boss thinks a speculator will be behind those who have tools to do the work for them.

— Ananya Chetia,Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2026
The income restrictions keep out Wall Street types, and the flip tax is meant to weed out speculators and investment buyers.

— Clio Chang, Curbed, 3 June 2026

Definition of speculator

Noun

When Molina reported an internal snitch, Romo requested the police report.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
The interaction between Omar Epps’ Detective Malcolm Howard, who is actually Kanan’s father, and a drunken Lou when Lou realizes that Howard was the one who told Raq that Scrap was a snitch towards the end of season three is especially memorable.

— Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 15 June 2026

Definition of snitch

Noun

Midnite, the online bookmaker, sponsors Sheffield United, Middlesbrough and Wolverhampton Wanderers, while West Ham United, relegated from the Premier League in May, have been able to retain Boylesports as their leading partner.

— Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
Henry Beesley, marketing manager at British bookmaker Fitzdares, said the industry has had years to prepare.

— Tom Chitty, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of bookmaker

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Maury Povich has lived many lives — radio news reporter, anchorman, talk show host, podcast entrepreneur, husband of Connie Chung.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Aug. 2026
People hearing those stories—attorneys, reporters, healthcare workers or friends—may expect a clearer, linear narrative.

— Michele Patterson Ford, Scientific American, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of reporter

Noun

Nonetheless, the Under is pricier at the market-making operations, such as Circa Sports in Las Vegas and the offshore oddsmaker Pinnacle Sportsbook.

— Geoff Clark OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026
Pulse Picks The Knicks are still basking in their title, but oddsmakers aren’t so sure about their chances next year.

— Chris Branch, New York Times, 16 June 2026

Definition of oddsmaker

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