handicap
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Pride often refers to his deafness as a “hearing difference” rather than an impairment or handicap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Shah admits that Uncle Sam could contribute to volatility, as markets try to handicap these potential worries.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
Another of Apple’s AI advantages, its emphasis on protecting users’ privacy, is also a handicap.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
His golf handicap just went up in my book.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
Kayak roared into Santa Anita with guns blazing, staging an overpowering performance to win a handicap prep race, just missing a track record, running with ears up, tail fanned out behind him.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
As far as handicaps go, if you are sweeping your putts, you’re only hurting yourself and no one else…keep it enjoyable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
It also created a ranking system, Spindex, with the hopes of making it a ratings scale similar to golf handicaps.
From Barron's ● Mar. 31, 2026
With Rory McIlroy's Masters success - and career Grand Slam - expected to inspire a surge in participation, golf bosses are warning humble hackers to avoid cheating on their handicaps.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2025
We all have some handicaps we are cursed to accept as we struggle with life.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
Not all races are handicaps—in the Triple Crown, for example, all male horses carry 126 pounds—but most top races for older horses, including the Santa Anita Handicap, are handicaps.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
Byron Callan, a defense analyst at Washington, D.C.–based Capital Alpha Partners, which advises investors on government policy matters, has handicapped five possible outcomes in Iran.
From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026
Those failures handicapped heroic efforts from fire crews on day one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
It may transpire that Verstappen's car was handicapped when he set his fastest time.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025
Some clearly display handicapped plaques as they go to the store.
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2025
He is neither disabled, handicapped, nor developmentally delayed in any way, so there was no reason to assume anyone would take issue with his admittance to Beecher Prep—whether it is an inclusion school or not.
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
That’s a sharp reversal from the past two years, when investors were handicapping how quickly the Fed would be cutting rates despite stubborn inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
The tracks contend that because they give you minimal handicapping information, and that you are not betting against the house but other players, it’s a game of skill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 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
Naumann, Friedrich, on handicapping of Germany through meagreness of colonial possessions, 107.
From American World Policies by Walter E. Weyl
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