sharpshooting
noun
sharp·shoot·ing
ˈshärp-ˌshü-tiŋ 
1
: shooting with great precision
2
: accurate and usually unexpected attack (as in words)
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The Sparks were second to last in the WNBA in three-pointers made last season, but expect to boost their shooting with Brown (illness) and sharpshooting wing Stephanie Talbot (knee) back in the lineup.
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Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
The sharpshooting combo guard is projected to be selected third overall – the highest of any college player – in Bleacher Report’s latest 2024 NBA mock draft, after a late-season surge in scoring appears to have turned the heads of NBA scouts.
—Jacob Lev, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024
The Kings before the game transferred sharpshooting guard Mason Jones from the G League Stockton Kings.
—Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 29 Feb. 2024
Loosely inspired by Gomer Jones, a deaf sniper who fought in World War I, the show opens in rural Wales with an 8-year-old Jones getting a lesson from his gruff father in sharpshooting and hard truths.
—Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
Among the Bruins’ urgent needs are another point guard, a sharpshooting wing player and an impact center given the likelihood that Adem Bona will enter the NBA draft.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2024
UConn’s sharpshooting duo, answering whenever the Hoyas’ threatened the lead, combined for 46 points and 11 made 3-pointers on 15 attempts.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
Their fourth-best scorer and sharpshooting guard Eric Gordon (right knee soreness) is questionable.
—Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 8 Jan. 2024
More:Kenzie Hare is a sharpshooting guard for the Marquette women's basketball team.
—Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2024
Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
The sharpshooting combo guard is projected to be selected third overall – the highest of any college player – in Bleacher Report’s latest 2024 NBA mock draft, after a late-season surge in scoring appears to have turned the heads of NBA scouts.
—Jacob Lev, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024
The Kings before the game transferred sharpshooting guard Mason Jones from the G League Stockton Kings.
—Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 29 Feb. 2024
Loosely inspired by Gomer Jones, a deaf sniper who fought in World War I, the show opens in rural Wales with an 8-year-old Jones getting a lesson from his gruff father in sharpshooting and hard truths.
—Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
Among the Bruins’ urgent needs are another point guard, a sharpshooting wing player and an impact center given the likelihood that Adem Bona will enter the NBA draft.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2024
UConn’s sharpshooting duo, answering whenever the Hoyas’ threatened the lead, combined for 46 points and 11 made 3-pointers on 15 attempts.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
Their fourth-best scorer and sharpshooting guard Eric Gordon (right knee soreness) is questionable.
—Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 8 Jan. 2024
More:Kenzie Hare is a sharpshooting guard for the Marquette women's basketball team.
—Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2024
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