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driving range
noun
: an area equipped with distance markers, clubs, balls, and tees for practicing golf shots
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Freezing temperatures can slow chemical reactions in EV batteries, depleting power and reducing driving range.
—CBS News, 4 June 2024
Some of the bar’s regulars were known for their antics, like the time one of them mocked up a zoning sign that fooled Fells Point residents into thinking a driving range would be taking the place of an empty lot nearby.
—Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 1 Apr. 2024
That could require shrinking the driving range, shortening some holes or both.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2024
The 780,000-square-foot facility offers bowling lanes; basketball, volleyball and pickleball courts; soccer fields; a driving range; gymnastics equipment and more.
—David Waldstein, New York Times, 3 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1929, in the meaning defined above
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“Driving range.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/driving%20range. Accessed 15 Jun. 2024.
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driving range
noun
: an area equipped for practicing golf shots
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