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Recent Examples of speculator
But the Herald’s reporting shows that these foreclosures have often had the opposite effect, taking properties out of the hands of individual owners and delivering them to real estate speculators, and at a discount.
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Ben Wieder, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
Can Official Trump Coin overtake Dogecoin? For potential speculators, Trump Coin presents a complex calculation.
—Boaz Sobrado, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Another executive order is meant to curtail predatory land speculators from taking advantage of firestorm victims.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 16 Jan. 2025
Even though Truth Social generates virtually no revenue, the company’s stock has attracted enormous interest from Trump fans and speculators.
—Justin Elliott, ProPublica, 20 Oct. 2024
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Ben Wieder, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
Can Official Trump Coin overtake Dogecoin? For potential speculators, Trump Coin presents a complex calculation.
—Boaz Sobrado, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Another executive order is meant to curtail predatory land speculators from taking advantage of firestorm victims.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 16 Jan. 2025
Even though Truth Social generates virtually no revenue, the company’s stock has attracted enormous interest from Trump fans and speculators.
—Justin Elliott, ProPublica, 20 Oct. 2024
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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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In real life, their tipster was a friend of Gibson’s, Chanelle (Aisha Dee in the show), who had tried to stage an intervention, but failed when Gibson stuck to her story.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
TIME,
6 Feb. 2025
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In Dex’s defense, there’s been a major break in the Nicky Spencer case — an anonymous tipster says Nicky is being held at a cartel stash house, and a SWAT team is going in.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2025
Noun
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He was injured last year which kept him off the Kentucky Derby Trail, and handicappers and race analysts love this horses talent, but not the far outside draw with the short run to the first turn.—
Jay Ginsbach,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Pro handicapper and bettor Brad Powers points out in his college football newsletter that Notre Dame and Penn State have the best against the spread (ATS) records at 27-11-2 for Notre Dame including 10-straight covers and cashes entering the Orange Bowl, and Penn State 26-14-1 ATS.—
Jay Ginsbach,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Speculator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speculator. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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