亚洲网紅露点

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handicapper

[ han-dee-kap-er ]

noun

  1. Horse Racing.
    1. a racetrack official or employee who assigns the weight a horse must carry in a race.
    2. a person employed, as by a newspaper, to make predictions on the outcomes of horse races.
  2. a person who determines the handicaps that will be placed on competitors.


handicapper

/ 藞丑忙苍诲瑟藢办忙辫蓹 /

noun

  1. an official appointed to assign handicaps to competitors in such sports as golf and horse racing
  2. a newspaper columnist employed to estimate the chances that horses have of winning races
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of handicapper1

First recorded in 1745鈥55; handicap + -er 1
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Harris enters election day presumed to capture 226 votes from Democratic-leaning states, according to the Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan election handicapper.

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Salon previously reported that, despite the seemingly divergent numbers, most handicappers encourage their readers to think about their numbers probabilistically.

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Election handicapper Nate Silver's prediction model is in the spotlight thanks to an election forecast that seems bullish on former President Donald Trump鈥檚 chances of victory, raising questions about how such models work.

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Erin Covey, an analyst for the Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan election handicapper, said the race will be crucial in determining whether Republicans maintain their narrow majority in the U.S.

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The Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan election handicapper, calls this year鈥檚 election a toss-up.

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