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as in bookseller
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as in handicapper
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Recent Examples of bookmaker
They're followed followed by usual suspects--England, France, Brazil and Argentina--although the exact hierarchy varies depending on the bookmaker.
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Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
But her husband was the bookmaker, the FBI alleged.
—Idaho Statesman, 14 Nov. 2025
Born in the Bronx to an Irish-American mother and a father with Neapolitan roots—a bookmaker and co-owner of a bar on the Throggs Neck peninsula—Ferrara spent his first eight years in the borough’s Morris Park neighborhood.
—Nick Pinkerton, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
As part of the scheme, each senior agent bookmaker kept a percentage of profits from bookmakers in the organization below them, as well as from their own book of bettors that placed bets directly with the senior agent.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
But her husband was the bookmaker, the FBI alleged.
—Idaho Statesman, 14 Nov. 2025
Born in the Bronx to an Irish-American mother and a father with Neapolitan roots—a bookmaker and co-owner of a bar on the Throggs Neck peninsula—Ferrara spent his first eight years in the borough’s Morris Park neighborhood.
—Nick Pinkerton, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
As part of the scheme, each senior agent bookmaker kept a percentage of profits from bookmakers in the organization below them, as well as from their own book of bettors that placed bets directly with the senior agent.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bookmaker
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Amazon, which started as an online bookseller and this year closed its Amazon Fresh supermarkets and Amazon Go convenience stores, is putting local infrastructure in place to shorten the distance between its warehouses and rural areas.—
Anne D'Innocenzio,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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The letter has come to light because Peter Harrington Rare Books, a bookseller based in London, has listed it as part of a package for sale in the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair, which was held April 30-May 3.—
Jackie Hajdenberg,
Sun Sentinel,
4 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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Before the vote, the top election handicapper had 213 districts at least leaning Democratic, 208 at least leaning Republican and 14 toss-ups.—
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
22 Apr. 2026
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The Valentine block stamping and printing workshop will be led by Nicki Fortunati-Warren, a multidisciplinary artist and bookbinder born in Italy and based in the Chicago area.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2026
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The user @sensitivequeer is a trans bookbinder and artist, and posted a video of themself rebinding a Potter book with a new cover, sans the author’s name.—
Quispe López,
Them.,
30 Oct. 2025
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There is also an argument that dynamic ticketing prevents scalpers (known in the U.K. as touts) from being able to operate a secondary market for match tickets, though the counter argument to this is that bots and speculators will take their place.—
Simon Chadwick,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2026
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But land developers and speculators reap huge profits, the state and local governments gleefully do their bidding.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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For the 2026 Derby, Renegade, with 4-1 odds, was picked as the morning-line favorite last Saturday by Nick Tammaro, the oddsmaker at Churchill Downs Racetrack, the home of the Derby.—
Alex Sundby,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
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One oddsmaker has slightly improved the Broncos’ odds to win Super Bowl LXI following the NFL Draft.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Bookmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bookmaker. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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