How to Use scouting in a Sentence
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But that’s not what scouting is.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
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What would a scouting report on him have said?
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
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The scouting report calls it a good shot.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026
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But there needs to be some soul-searching self-scouting this week.
—Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2025
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Scouting is not a glamorous job.
—Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
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Thomas was among the few who made a scouting trip during one of his weeks off.
—ABC News, 11 May 2026
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What Bolton did not have was much of a scouting budget.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
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The team was in need of someone to type scouting reports.
—Matt Schooley, CBS News, 11 May 2026
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Ducks’ fans might want to tune into that one for a little scouting.
—Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2022
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Here’s his advice for taking a scouting trip to find a new home abroad.
—Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2024
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Most teams haven't been able to do the requisite scouting work.
—Jeremy Cluff, azcentral, 27 Mar. 2020
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Kushins is one of the girls who just achieved scouting's highest honor.
—John Lauritsen, CBS News, 18 June 2026
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The change stems from the Bears' self-scouting in the wake of last season.
—Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 20 Sep. 2020
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That doesn’t mean the scouting hasn’t been ongoing.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2026
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Here are a couple of scouting reports on Prager from this year.
—Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 31 May 2020
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The scouting staff has been too successful.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
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The team said Snee will be involved in both college and pro scouting.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 10 May 2024
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The scouting reports on Romeo were not at the top of anyone’s stack.
—Wright Wilson, Detroit Free Press, 9 Oct. 2021
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There were no scouting reports to be had, no base of knowledge on which to rely.
—Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2022
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Last year was the first time Jeremiah was at the top of the scouting report.
—Keith Jenkins, The Enquirer, 13 May 2022
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Do some early scouting on whether the Fever are a contender.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 16 June 2026
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The scouting process starts this week in Chicago with the combine.
—Chris Fedor, cleveland, 17 May 2022
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His scouting reports from last summer offer a first-blush view.
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 5 July 2026
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Even with the advances of modern scouting, some players just slip through the cracks.
—The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2023
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There are still pen-and-paper note takers roaming the scouting ranks.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
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Cruz’s strong performance at the scouting combine seemed to raise his draft stock.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026
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The day before their hunt, Orwig went to the farm to do some last-minute scouting.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 3 Jan. 2024
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The Rams, as most fans know by now, approach the draft and scouting process uniquely.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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That’s the simple rule in scouting that goes back forever.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 1 June 2026
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Poles has been with the Chiefs for 13 years, working his way up the scouting ranks.
—Colleen Kane, chicagotribune.com, 24 Jan. 2022
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