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Recent Examples of handicapper
Harris enters election day presumed to capture 226 votes from Democratic-leaning states, according to the Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan election handicapper.
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Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
Despite polls showing a tighter race, the handicapper noted the Democrats’ recent ads attacking Parrott’s past controversial statements and fundraising advantage still should win her the contest.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 1 Nov. 2024
Top political handicappers tweak their predictions The Grand Canyon State is one of just a handful of swing states on the Electoral College map that either candidate could win.
—Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
The prevailing sense among investors and market handicappers entering the month was to expect choppy, irresolute action full of potential scares.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2024
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Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
Despite polls showing a tighter race, the handicapper noted the Democrats’ recent ads attacking Parrott’s past controversial statements and fundraising advantage still should win her the contest.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 1 Nov. 2024
Top political handicappers tweak their predictions The Grand Canyon State is one of just a handful of swing states on the Electoral College map that either candidate could win.
—Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
The prevailing sense among investors and market handicappers entering the month was to expect choppy, irresolute action full of potential scares.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handicapper
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Two scenarios and two betting paths The tipsters predict a tense, tactical showdown between two of the league’s titans.—
Julia Ranney,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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Their detectives determined a Wisconsin woman, whom the tipster believed to be the one making threats, was not the suspect and there were no local schools at risk of being targeted.—
Rebekah Riess,
CNN,
15 Feb. 2025
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The comedy series starred Sebastian Maniscalco as a veteran bookmaker in Los Angeles who must fight to survive the legalization of sports gambling while navigating unstable clients.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
19 Feb. 2025
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Harris expanded her lead at the three offshore betting houses USA TODAY regularly surveys and remained at -125 to even money at U.K. bookmaker Bet365.—
James Powel,
USA TODAY,
23 Sep. 2024
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The approval of a dozen spot bitcoin ETFs triggered a flood of institutional capital, transforming what had been a market dominated by retail speculators into one gaining broader acceptance on Wall Street.—
Nina Bambysheva,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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They’re only distinguished by the name on the label and how much money their issuers manage to fleece from individual speculators before the coin’s value inevitably plummets toward zero.—
Jacob Silverman,
airmail.news,
1 Feb. 2025
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But that's not happening, said one longtime oddsmaker.—
Ryan Morik,
Fox News,
7 Feb. 2025
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Never mind that the Bills had been favored to win that game by more than a touchdown, or that, before the start of the season, oddsmakers had ranked the Bills among the top eight teams, out of thirty-two, most likely to win the Super Bowl.—
Louisa Thomas,
The New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2025
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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
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“Handicapper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handicapper. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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