scoreboard
noun
score·board
ˈskȯr-ˌbȯrd 
: a large board for displaying the score of a game or match
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Newsletter Go beyond the scoreboard Get the latest on L.A.'s teams in the daily Sports Report newsletter.
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
In the sixth inning, however, Kansas City had a good opportunity to get on the scoreboard.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2024
Hall-of-Fame receiver Jerry Rice already filmed a short video promoting the specialty license plate that was shown on the scoreboard at Levi’s Stadium during home games.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024
This is a family that still has a ping pong table and a standings scoreboard in the garage.
—Jim Lindgren, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2024
In Houston, nobody seems to applaud unless the hands on the scoreboard start to clap.
—Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Tanner Scott held Pittsburgh (1-0) off the scoreboard in the ninth and Declan Cronin did the same in the 10th and 11th before the Pirates scored the go-ahead run in the 12th on a Jared Triolo two-out bloop single to right that scored Ke’Bryan Hayes, who began the inning on second base.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024
The stadium scoreboard showed his fastball hitting 99 miles per hour.
—Bob Holt, arkansasonline.com, 1 Apr. 2024
UConn went on an amazing 30-2 run, shutting down the Illini defensively and lighting up the scoreboard.
—Kathryn Sheldon, Sacramento Bee, 31 Mar. 2024
Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
In the sixth inning, however, Kansas City had a good opportunity to get on the scoreboard.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2024
Hall-of-Fame receiver Jerry Rice already filmed a short video promoting the specialty license plate that was shown on the scoreboard at Levi’s Stadium during home games.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024
This is a family that still has a ping pong table and a standings scoreboard in the garage.
—Jim Lindgren, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2024
In Houston, nobody seems to applaud unless the hands on the scoreboard start to clap.
—Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Tanner Scott held Pittsburgh (1-0) off the scoreboard in the ninth and Declan Cronin did the same in the 10th and 11th before the Pirates scored the go-ahead run in the 12th on a Jared Triolo two-out bloop single to right that scored Ke’Bryan Hayes, who began the inning on second base.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024
The stadium scoreboard showed his fastball hitting 99 miles per hour.
—Bob Holt, arkansasonline.com, 1 Apr. 2024
UConn went on an amazing 30-2 run, shutting down the Illini defensively and lighting up the scoreboard.
—Kathryn Sheldon, Sacramento Bee, 31 Mar. 2024
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scoreboard
noun
score·board
ˈskō(ə)r-ˌbō(ə)rd
ˈskȯ(ə)r-ˌbȯ(ə)rd
: a large board for displaying the score of a game or match
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