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as in bookseller
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as in handicapper
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Recent Examples of bookmaker
Clearly, that second game has mattered little to the bookmakers’ estimations of this tie, as City are heavy favourites to qualify and odds-off to win in 90 minutes.
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Sam Tighe, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
This story has been updated with the latest bookmakers' odds.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
In a rehashing of the arguments made ahead of the state’s decision to legalize sports betting, bookmakers are appealing to lawmakers to allow Bay State residents to do their casino gambling from home legally and remove the industry from black market hands.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 24 June 2025
Journalism is the favorite to win, according to the most recent odds, but Sovereignty isn’t too far away in the bookmakers’ estimations.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
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Sam Tighe, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
This story has been updated with the latest bookmakers' odds.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
In a rehashing of the arguments made ahead of the state’s decision to legalize sports betting, bookmakers are appealing to lawmakers to allow Bay State residents to do their casino gambling from home legally and remove the industry from black market hands.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 24 June 2025
Journalism is the favorite to win, according to the most recent odds, but Sovereignty isn’t too far away in the bookmakers’ estimations.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bookmaker
Noun
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The Lost Voice by Greta Morgan, published by HarperOne, is now available through booksellers.—
David Chiu,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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Our booksellers read voraciously across all genres and can find the perfect read for anyone who walks through our door.—
American Booksellers Association,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
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The nonpartisan election handicapper Cook Political Report rates Kemp’s seat as a toss-up.—
Brandon Conradis,
The Hill,
29 July 2025
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Derby: Expert handicapper Ed DeRosa is a big proponent that winning money at the Kentucky Derby is more important than picking the winner.—
Ray Padilla,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
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But that hasn’t stopped the oddsmakers from making Stevenson a large betting favorite to retain his lightweight title vs. Zepeda on Saturday night.—
Josh Katzowitz,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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The famously mercurial brothers Gallagher have provided oddsmakers with plenty of historical material to suggest a 41-date voyage around the world helmed by a pair of hotheads is a tenuous arrangement.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
5 July 2025
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For one thing, this is a lot closer to how Wall Street started – a game of telephone among pods of speculators before the invention of the telephone – than is represented in any academic version of sober capital formation.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
26 July 2025
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Sixty percent of speculators in the Fed funds futures market currently think Powell will cut interest rates by 0.25% to the 4% level in September—a move that would deliver new cheap money into equities.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
25 July 2025
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Anonymous tipsters can also contact the department’s tipline by calling 219-391-8500.—
Michelle L. Quinn,
Chicago Tribune,
7 July 2025
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And since the first leak, another tipster with exceptional track record has weighed in, and responses have been dramatic.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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“Bookmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bookmaker. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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