Example Sentences

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It irks people when they buy milk but gets scant attention when they buy stocks, unless it’s about handicapping what the Fed’s next rate move might be.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The new Siri is proving to be difficult because Apple came into the AI race by handicapping itself.

From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025

Aston Martin locked out the back row of the grid in Belgium just a week ago, the car's high drag handicapping it on the long, high-speed sections at Spa-Francorchamps.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2025

You can hit another button and get minimal handicapping information that, essentially, is worthless to someone who really wants to play horse racing.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2025

It was then in fact that his one man party so-called Progressive party was born, parts of which we find later in the insurgents, handicapping Mr. Taft wherever they could.

From The Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt by Remey, Oliver