scorer

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Recent Examples of scorer Müller is one of the premier playmakers in the PWHL and has paired well with Eldridge — a naturally gifted goal-scorer who was acquired via trade with Seattle in March — on Boston’s top line, combining for six goals in the final month of the season. Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026 According to a Padres spokesperson, who checked with the official scorer, the play was ruled a hit because Merrill was not camped out under the ball and was attempting to make a home run-robbing play. Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026 Houston has won two straight even without top scorer Kevin Durant, who has missed four of the series' five games with injuries. ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026 But the goal is to keep Plum as a scorer, too, with the depth that is around her. Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026 One win away from clinching a spot in the next round, the Lakers have so far weathered the storm created when Reaves and leading scorer Luka Doncic both suffered injuries in the same game on April 2. Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026 Will Smith, the Sharks’ second-leading scorer, is also eligible for a new deal. Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026 But Anunoby’s defensive attention has since shifted to Johnson, with Hart now focusing on the smaller CJ McCollum, the Hawks’ leading scorer through the first four games. Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026 The game was played two days after James scored 38 points to become the NBA's all-time leading scorer. Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scorer
Noun
  • Campbell, a Grammy and Drama Desk Award-winning music director, conductor, orchestrator, composer and arranger, has led the music department for more than a dozen Broadway shows including Death Becomes Her, Once Upon A Mattress and Some Like it Hot.
    Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2026
  • When Meituan, China’s dominant lifestyle super app that combines services similar to DoorDash, Yelp, and Groupon into a single platform, launched its Xiaomei AI agent in late 2025, executives internally described it not as a chatbot but as an orchestrator plus execution agent.
    Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 17 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Liston changed history by becoming the first woman soloist, trombone player, composer and arranger to play on stage alongside men.
    Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Several small group performances in the past couple of years worth of our concerts are directly attributable to his skills as an arranger, band leader, and performer.
    Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
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 2 May. 2026.

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