How to Use scouting in a Sentence

scouting

noun
  • So did Joey and Jesse Buss along with members of the team’s scouting staff.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The day before their hunt, Orwig went to the farm to do some last-minute scouting.
    Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Guardians over Rays in 3: The scouting reports will tell you that the Rays are clearly the better team.
    USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Even with the advances of modern scouting, some players just slip through the cracks.
    The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Ducks’ fans might want to tune into that one for a little scouting.
    Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2022
  • On Tuesday, the NFL released the list of 2024 draft prospects who were invited to the scouting combine.
    Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The Penn State game was step one in turning into a type of player teams put at the top of scouting reports.
    Stephen Means, cleveland, 27 July 2023
  • In our first week of scouting, the journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed.
    Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Since Hannah White was 7 years old, there was one name at the top of every scouting report.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The shooter and the sleuth both know open looks will become harder and harder as Kosakowski climbs to the top of scouting reports.
    Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2022
  • And tape of a lot of games that Ballard and the rest of the Indianapolis scouting department watched in person, to boot.
    The Indianapolis Star, 2 Mar. 2023
  • This time, Saunders followed the scouting report and dropped into an almost one-man zone in the lane.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Here was Zappe’s scouting report ahead of the draft, courtesy of Field Level Media.
    Andrew Mahoney, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Oct. 2022
  • In 2019, Carter served as a consultant for the Dash’s scouting and recruitment.
    Mike Gramajo, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Run ‘em off, do a better job on closeouts and scouting report.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Now, paired with the recent imagery tool, these two features can be a deadly scouting duo.
    Ryan Chelius, Field & Stream, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Baseball America gave Bradfield a grade of 80, the highest on the scouting scale, for his defense and speed.
    Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 9 July 2023
  • The best part of wedding planning isn't dress shopping, venue scouting, or cake tasting (though, that's up there).
    Michelle Gross, Travel + Leisure, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Some scouting reports have questioned his top-end speed.
    Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The Bengals have a good scouting report on the likely starting quarterback for the Saints on Sunday.
    Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 13 Oct. 2022
  • The pitchers that sustained their run came from sharp scouting in Latin America.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2022
  • The difference is the game was supplementary players that were not starred on the scouting report.
    Evan Dudley, al, 2 Feb. 2023
  • After the initial scouting trip, the production kept FitzRoy on as a consultant during the Italy shoot.
    Jay Cheshes, Robb Report, 4 Mar. 2023
  • McKinlay told Furphy’s parents if all went to plan, their son’s scouting profile would blow up.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Hudson had spent the last three years as a coaching assistant for the Guardians, working with outfielders and the advance scouting team.
    Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Deep exhaling for the Virginia team, which could quickly get to the scouting report of its next opponent.
    Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The 40-yard dash time recorded at the NFL scouting combine plays a significant factor.
    Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Billups even guides Sharpe through basic NBA tasks like studying scouting reports.
    oregonlive, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Fantasy Pros has a free draft guide with rankings, scouting reports, prop bet picks.
    Stephanie Stradley, Chron, 10 Apr. 2023
  • But just as preproduction kicked into gear in South Africa, the omicron variant reared up and forced scouting to end.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2023

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