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Recent Examples of speculator
The companies navigating this transition successfully will be those with real business models and deep pockets, not land speculators.
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Jackie Snow, Quartz, 28 May 2025
Today, crypto runs that same risk, offered as the next great frontier of finance, but developed primarily with early crypto adopters, high-net-worth speculators, and large institutions in mind.
—Tonya M. Evans, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
For too long, policies have catered to wealthy developers, corporate landlords, and speculators, while working families, low-income residents, and seniors are left behind.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
The speculator fell into debt; the author bailed him out.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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Jackie Snow, Quartz, 28 May 2025
Today, crypto runs that same risk, offered as the next great frontier of finance, but developed primarily with early crypto adopters, high-net-worth speculators, and large institutions in mind.
—Tonya M. Evans, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
For too long, policies have catered to wealthy developers, corporate landlords, and speculators, while working families, low-income residents, and seniors are left behind.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
The speculator fell into debt; the author bailed him out.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speculator
Noun
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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
Noun
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Ted Kaczynski, a brilliant but mentally troubled mathematician who had retreated years earlier to a remote hovel in Montana, had been arrested based on information from a tipster to the F.B.I., ending one of the longest and most expensive manhunts in American history.—
Serge F. Kovaleski,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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An anonymous tipster contacted the sheriff's office April 14 about possible mistreatment of Bane, who the tipster said was very underweight and had been left chained outside without food, water or shade, the release states.—
Grant Lancaster,
Arkansas Online,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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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So some handicappers like to forecast the Kentucky Derby by analyzing how horses perform down the stretch of their last prep race before Churchill Downs.—
Peter Keating,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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“Speculator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speculator. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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