scorer

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Recent Examples of scorer Early in the second, the Nittany Lions moved sophomore and leading scorer Charlie Cerrato onto his line with Reese Laubach to try to kickstart their offense and claw their way back into the game. Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025 Jokic didn’t overtake Jamal Murray as Denver’s leading scorer until their seventh game of the season, after a 33-point performance Wednesday against a Miami Heat frontcourt that was woefully undersized and inexperienced the instant Bam Adebayo exited with a foot injury. Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2025 The game in question took place two days after James scored 38 points to become the NBA's all-time leading scorer. Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025 The Wolverines weren’t overwhelming the Chieftains with pressure, as Masconomet generated numerous breakouts for promising transitions into the attacking half behind star scorer Ava Gauvain, Mia Marques and midfielder Genevieve Clapp. Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2025 But Doncic and Reaves have picked up on Ayton’s preference for rolling into the midrange area, where the 27-year-old big man is particularly efficient as a shooter and scorer. Khobi Price, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025 And the team’s leading scorer, attacking midfielder Olivia Moutrie, with eight goals, is an American youth-soccer product from Santa Clara who signed with the Thorns five years ago at age 15. Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025 In the meantime, the Lakers are playing solid basketball without the NBA's all-time leading scorer. Ricardo Sandoval, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025 Winthrop was only picked fifth in the Big South preseason poll, but has a natural scorer in guard Daylen Berry (a game-high 23 points Monday) and buys into good defense like the Eagles always have. Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scorer
Noun
  • Under Vincent Kompany, Kane acts as both outlet and orchestrator.
    Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Dynamo is an open-source inference framework for planning and routing AI workloads in the data center, essentially an data center workload orchestrator.
    Jim McGregor, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The composer, vocalist and arranger was widely recognized for his work that shaped many of Hollywood’s most notable film and TV soundtracks.
    Giana Levy, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Sergio George’s Google Doodle Earlier this week, Google launched its first-ever global Doodle dedicated to salsa, curated by renowned producer, pianist and arranger Sergio George.
    Griselda Flores, Billboard, 20 Sep. 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 21 Nov. 2025.

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