archery
noun
ar·chery
ˈär-chə-rē 
1
: the art, practice, or skill of shooting with bow and arrow
2
: an archer's weapons
3
: a body of archers
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Students will get to shoot outdoors at the center's archery range.
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Arkansas Online, 12 Aug. 2025
An archery range planned next to a Sherwood Forest party dell on a Sept. 7, 1953 map was later placed next to a Mother Goose walk-through attraction in a Sept. 12, 1953 rendering.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 7 Aug. 2025
Club Med Cancun has a new sports and wellness island with a dedicated palapa for quiet yoga classes, archery, bocce ball, mini golf, multi-sport courts and the iconic Club Med Circus School where guests can participate in their own trapeze lessons and other daredevil acrobatics.
—Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025
The club participates in field archery, indoor and outdoor target archery, 3-D shooting and bow hunting and frequently trains new archers, its website said.
—New York Times, 17 July 2025
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Arkansas Online, 12 Aug. 2025
An archery range planned next to a Sherwood Forest party dell on a Sept. 7, 1953 map was later placed next to a Mother Goose walk-through attraction in a Sept. 12, 1953 rendering.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 7 Aug. 2025
Club Med Cancun has a new sports and wellness island with a dedicated palapa for quiet yoga classes, archery, bocce ball, mini golf, multi-sport courts and the iconic Club Med Circus School where guests can participate in their own trapeze lessons and other daredevil acrobatics.
—Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025
The club participates in field archery, indoor and outdoor target archery, 3-D shooting and bow hunting and frequently trains new archers, its website said.
—New York Times, 17 July 2025
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“Archery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/archery. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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archery
noun
ar·chery
ˈärch-(ə-)rē
: the art, practice, or skill of shooting with bow and arrow
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