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Recent Examples of handicapper
Respected handicappers and professional bettors have taken an interest in the Vikings, who are back to a -1 to -1.5 point favorite.
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Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Mid-year is also a time for market handicappers to update their best guesses on where things go from here.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 14 June 2025
Political handicappers aren’t likely to give Jolly — or any Democrat — much of a chance to win in 2026, even with an open governor’s seat up for grabs.
—Vivienne Serret, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
But there are hints that the unleashed-animal-spirits theme that kicked in late last year and was part of every handicappers upbeat 2025 outlook is bidding for a do-over.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 17 May 2025
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Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Mid-year is also a time for market handicappers to update their best guesses on where things go from here.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 14 June 2025
Political handicappers aren’t likely to give Jolly — or any Democrat — much of a chance to win in 2026, even with an open governor’s seat up for grabs.
—Vivienne Serret, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
But there are hints that the unleashed-animal-spirits theme that kicked in late last year and was part of every handicappers upbeat 2025 outlook is bidding for a do-over.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handicapper
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The odds of President Trump completing his second White House term have fallen dramatically as a result of public backlash over his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case over the past month, according to a leading bookmaker.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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Unwilling to take orders or play by the rules of polite society, the two partner up as a bookmaker and his enforcer and run an illicit gambling operation that proves highly profitable — but dangerous.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
8 May 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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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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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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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 3 Aug. 2025.
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