as in shooter
a person skilled in shooting at a target
the police stationed sharpshooters on rooftops all along the route of the presidential motorcade
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Recent Examples of sharpshooter
Ja Morant led Memphis with 36 points, and Desmond Bane made six triples for Memphis — who shot 50% from distance as a team — but Bane went 0 for 4 from beyond the arc over the final two quarters, as Minnesota was able to keep better tabs on the sharpshooter in the half court.
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Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 11 Apr. 2025
Entering his 10th year in the NBA, Seth Curry continues to make his mark—not just as a sharpshooter but as a veteran voice in the Charlotte Hornets locker room.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
The sharpshooter will look to get going from three-point range early and often.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Taurasi and Ionescu are both sharpshooters who force defenses to cover much more ground on the court.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 2 May 2025
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Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 11 Apr. 2025
Entering his 10th year in the NBA, Seth Curry continues to make his mark—not just as a sharpshooter but as a veteran voice in the Charlotte Hornets locker room.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
The sharpshooter will look to get going from three-point range early and often.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Taurasi and Ionescu are both sharpshooters who force defenses to cover much more ground on the court.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sharpshooter
Noun
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The former England international joins the growing list of forwards whose efforts to be a leading marksman proved futile.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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Throughout his collegiate career, Fredette was a marksman from beyond the 3-point line, shooting 39 percent from distance.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Hiaasen’s humor remains sharp and outlandish, but some of the darker currents of contemporary American life—the guns, the anger, the conspiracy theories—have become painfully personal.—
Amy Weiss-Meyer,
The Atlantic,
8 May 2025
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Surveillance cameras showed Floren threatening that caller inside the bar before going outside and hiding his gun between a trash can and a pillar, according to Merriweather’s letter.—
Ryan Oehrli,
Charlotte Observer,
8 May 2025
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“Sharpshooter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sharpshooter. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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