marksmen

plural of marksman
as in shooters
a person skilled in shooting at a target only the best marksmen can hit the bull's-eye at 500 feet

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Recent Examples of marksmen The lightweight skeleton chassis, adjustable stock, and modular rails make long sessions more comfortable for expert marksmen. Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
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Noun
  • The veteran shooters have overlapping skill sets, so once Brogdon took himself out of the fold, New York wasn’t as eager to create an open roster to keep two similar players.
    James L. Edwards III, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • On paper, Kohl Rosario and Peterson should be good 3-point shooters, but other than that, the Jayhawks’ shooting will be a question mark.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In Isaac McKneely, Louisville basketball has one of the country's most prolific sharpshooters.
    Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 Oct. 2025
  • While protest organizers assured attendees police sharpshooters are not uncommon at Milwaukee protests, their presence at Sunday's protest prompted discussions online about why sharpshooters were there.
    Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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  • In addition to questioning the stops, Bell questioned foot chases for guns that are not visible.
    Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Videos of the raid shared online by the Department of Homeland Security show Border Patrol agents with guns drawn approaching the building in the middle of the night.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Marksmen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marksmen. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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