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as in gun
a person skilled in shooting at a target
there were eight shooters taking turns at the same target in the final competition
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as in photographer
one who takes photographs
he's one of the best shooters of wildlife in all of professional photography
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shooter
Noun
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After stepping away from agents, what appears to be a gun is visible in his waistband.—
Greg Wehner , Matt Finn,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026 -
Agency personnel began firing about five seconds after the agent yelled about Pretti’s gun, the report notes.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
28 Jan. 2026
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Earlier this week, Noir brought the nearly finished piece back to Good’s memorial to show a CNN reporter and photographer.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
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Claire Foy plays Helen, who spirals emotionally after the death of her photographer father, Alisdair (Brendan Gleeson).—
Adam Graham,
Boston Herald,
24 Jan. 2026
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Learning to identify a building or diminishing wind is a skill that separates expert marksmen from the rest of the pack.—
John B. Snow,
Outdoor Life,
15 Jan. 2026
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The Mountaineers scored 86 points despite KU holding their best 3-point marksmen, Honor Huff and Treysen Eaglestaff, to 6-of-16 shooting beyond the arc.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
10 Jan. 2026
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Shortly thereafter, shots were fired from the suspect and the agent returned fire.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Then, out of the blue, four or five musket shots rang out, followed by shouts and, in an instant, the sound of more than thirty further muskets being fired.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Fudd missed a seventh 3-pointer — 11 in a row including her 0-for-4 performance Monday against Notre Dame — to start the second, but the Huskies’ sharpshooter wasn’t shaken and finally knocked down her first shot from deep 90 seconds after Strong connected.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
23 Jan. 2026
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After a timeout, the Tigers drew up a look for sharpshooter Jacob Crews, the Southeastern Conference’s 3-point leader, who drained it to give Mizzou a 72-71 lead with 18 seconds left.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
20 Jan. 2026
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He was shot by a Taliban sniper, sustaining a gunshot wound to his left leg that shattered his femur and another to his right arm that caused severe trauma to his bicep.—
Stephanie Ogilvie,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
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He was shot and killed by a sniper, according to Suarez.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
3 Jan. 2026
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“Shooter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shooter. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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