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as in informant
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as in handicapper
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Recent Examples of tipster
Behind the scenes, Descovich has been a tipster for agencies that investigate schools over transgender sports and bathroom policies.
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Collin Binkley, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
The award, announced in an order Tuesday, didn’t identify the whistleblower or name the firm that the tipster flagged to the regulator — in line with longstanding agency practice.
—Nicola M White, Bloomberg, 7 Apr. 2026
Behind the scenes, Descovich has been a tipster for agencies that investigate schools over transgender sports and bathroom policies.
—ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
The complaint adds that a tipster notified federal investigators about the scheme in January 2024.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
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Collin Binkley, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
The award, announced in an order Tuesday, didn’t identify the whistleblower or name the firm that the tipster flagged to the regulator — in line with longstanding agency practice.
—Nicola M White, Bloomberg, 7 Apr. 2026
Behind the scenes, Descovich has been a tipster for agencies that investigate schools over transgender sports and bathroom policies.
—ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
The complaint adds that a tipster notified federal investigators about the scheme in January 2024.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tipster
Noun
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According to prosecutors, the officers went to a home with an informant to make a firearms purchase.—
Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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Fagan and Edwards proceeded to draw and point their own firearms at the officers and the informant.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2026
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This question is less for the horse and more for the handicappers at Laurel: What element in Iron Honor put him fractionally ahead, by half a point, of co-second favorites Taj Mahal and Chip Honcho.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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Horses from Japan have to travel more than 6,000 miles and undergo quarantine to compete in the Derby, which is enough to make many handicappers shun them.—
Peter Keating,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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One of State Security’s main goals, as well as a central source of its strength, is turning civilians into informers.—
Abraham Jiménez Enoa,
The Dial,
19 May 2026
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And so every regime invests in having student informers.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
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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
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Alongside the increases in prices over the past several months, there was a significant shift in speculator positions.—
SJ Guest Editorial,
Footwear News,
18 May 2026
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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
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Pay no attention to the fact that it was proposed three weeks after the EPA came out hard against three-eyed fish, or that only three months ago, this same Legislature considered $100,000 court payouts to snitches willing to rat out mifepristone providers.—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
29 May 2026
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The Americans were initially installed at roughly 50-to-1 odds to win the 2026 World Cup, depending on the bookmaker.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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Boyle Sports is Ireland’s largest independent bookmaker and signed a multi-year sponsorship agreement with West Ham in July 2025.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
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The text of the 14-point agreement was read by a senior administration official in a call with reporters on Wednesday.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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Associated Press reporter Sophie Austin in Sacramento, California, contributed to this article.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 June 2026
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Finally, his betting odds at Bookmaker, which is a sharp offshore oddsmaker, are shorter than the legal U.S. sportsbooks.—
Geoff Clark OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2026
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Vegas oddsmakers have thrown a few other potential Bonds in the mix.—
Chris Murphy,
Vanity Fair,
19 May 2026
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“Tipster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tipster. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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