How to Use speculator in a Sentence

speculator

noun
  • The true crime speculators need to stay away and let the police do their jobs.
    — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Some speculators won’t want to do that and will be forced to shrink or close their trades instead.
    — Jack Ryan, Bloomberg, 29 Dec. 2025
  • In fact, the men were once in the same social status as oil speculators.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2024
  • Videogames have emerged as an answer—if only they could get rid of the speculators.
    — Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 10 Oct. 2023
  • These are not speculators looking to flip wealth.
    — William Jones, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • They are known as strong holders, not speculators.
    — Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Some speculators may be forced to shrink or exit their trades — weighing on prices.
    — Yihui Xie, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2025
  • New York banks would lend funds to stock speculators to earn a return on those deposits.
    — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 13 Sep. 2024
  • In one home lived speculators willing to manage tenants—and to evict them.
    — Jonathan Lethem, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The speculator on the long side of the future expects a dime of profit for taking on the price risk.
    — William Baldwin, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
  • There are plenty of speculators willing to jump aboard an uptrend.
    — John S. Tobey, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
  • Gilbert also bought nearby buildings to make sure they wouldn't be scooped by speculators or left to decay.
    — Nick Halter, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Toronto is full of tiny condos that no one except speculators and investors want.
    — Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Maybe that is the thrill that BlueCo want to bottle and sell to the next set of speculators.
    — Matt Slater, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Some speculators are selling gas at double the market price.
    — ABC News, 21 June 2026
  • Some speculators are selling gas at double the market price.
    — ABC News, 11 June 2026
  • That has forced the speculators to sell assets — first in Japan, and now just about everywhere.
    — Ron Insana, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Many speculators were insolvent, and the banks that had lent to them were in similarly dire shape.
    — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • Sure, ordinary speculators can still profit off it, so long as its value remains propped up.
    — Maximilian Brichta, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025
  • And, true to form, pop culture addicts and crypto speculators have driven that memecoin’s price up—a lot.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
  • But the play-to-earn games were played mostly by speculators instead of traditional gamers.
    — Zinnia Lee, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Then the financial speculators began to pile in — betting prices would rise further.
    — J. Edward Moreno, New York Times, 10 May 2024
  • The speculator may then choose to fix and flip that property yet again for another profit, or rent it out as a longer-term investment.
    — Kevin Hardy, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2024
  • Ginsberg also noted that the grind back to record highs comes as large speculators take out larger short positions, betting that prices will fall.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 27 June 2025
  • The derivatives allowed speculators to make bets on everything from the price of oil to high-risk mortgages.
    — Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 22 June 2026
  • The economist wrote that in the near term casual speculators may have some reason for optimism.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
  • What better way to wrap up a hectic work week than with your favorite speculator right here at The Athletic!
    — John Laghezza, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Other speculators had cashed in by successfully predicting when the war would start.
    — Stuart Jeffries, Air Mail, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Britain did have to devalue after burning through billions of pounds trying to defeat the speculators.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The gains have attracted the attention of Chinese day traders and speculators, as well as those in the West.
    — Michael Foster, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024

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