culprit
Example Sentences
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He found that all three of the major culprits are present in 2026 — so investors are right to be worried about the market right now.
From MarketWatch
According to analysts interviewed for this column, the primary culprit is the game that companies and analysts play to keep expectations low before earnings reports.
From Barron's
The culprit, according to Blake LeBaron, an economics professor at Brandeis University, was that investors became able to follow the strategy cheaply and easily .
From MarketWatch
Last year Utah’s insurance commissioner flagged such holdings as a key culprit in the financial problems of a troubled private-equity owned insurer there.
She added that it "was not good enough" that the culprit had not yet been prosecuted and the taxpayer had now been left to pay for the clear-up.
From BBC
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