scorer

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Recent Examples of scorer Luka Doncic, the NBA’s leading scorer, left the Lakers’ game against Philadelphia in the second quarter because of left leg soreness and did not return. Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026 Oka, a 6-foot-8 freshman, is a natural scorer who has a shifty handle and defensive tools to shut down any top player. Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026 The 6-foot-5 Mathurin, 23, is a talented scorer and was a key part of the Pacers’ run to last season’s NBA Finals. Janis Carr, Oc Register, 5 Feb. 2026 Nick Martinelli, the Big Ten’s leading scorer, had just four points, 19 below his average. Steve Stein, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026 Nick Martinelli, the Big Ten's leading scorer, had just four points, 19 under his average. CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026 The Blackhawks think very highly of Mikheyev, who has emerged as one of the league’s very best penalty killers and a solid depth scorer, with 20 goals last season and is coming off a four-point night (one goal and three primary assists) in a 6-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Monday night. Scott Powers, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026 Unlike that run, which ended in the first round, Miami has had two other notable periods – a Sweet 16 appearance in 1999 led by Wally Szczerbiak and three straight NCAA bids from 1984-86 led by the school’s all-time leading scorer and five-time NBA champion Ron Harper. Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026 Despite his recent absence, Panarin was the Rangers’ leading scorer with 57 points and ranked second on the team with 19 goals. Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scorer
Noun
  • The Browns had one of the league’s best defenses in 2025 despite having one of the worst offenses, and Schwartz was considered both the architect and orchestrator of that unit.
    Zac Jackson, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Agents act as an orchestrator, making use of APIs and databases to fetch real-time information and feed it into the LLM.
    Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The songs in the special were instead sung by Gary Chase, who also served as score mixer, arranger, orchestrator and musician on the project.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
  • The pianist, composer and arranger — who served as the orchestra's longtime musical director — spent more than six decades turning El Gran Combo into one of the premier salsa institutions of Latin America and beyond.
    Isabella Gomez Sarmiento, NPR, 7 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Before that, a preconcert panel of Price scholars and current CSO composer-in-residence Jessie Montgomery discussed the symphonist’s remarkable life and even more remarkable music.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2022
  • A decade after basing a whole festival on Bruckner and minimalist master John Adams, Franz Welser-Most Thursday night at Severance Music Center juxtaposed the grand Austrian symphonist with Arnold Schoenberg, the father of serialism.
    Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 25 Feb. 2022

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“Scorer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scorer. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.

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