How to Use placer in a Sentence

placer

noun
  • Tyler Reeve could become the school’s first-ever three-time state placer.
    — Brant Parsons, orlandosentinel.com, 29 Nov. 2020
  • Hivnor, a two-time state placer and three-time state qualifier, is third at 182.
    — cleveland, 28 Dec. 2020
  • To reach the gold deposits hidden in the stream beds, miners must clear away the thick mix of icy soil—a process known as placer mining.
    — Diane Selkirk, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2022
  • Each polling placer will keep staff on hand to monitor the area and enforce the no-photo policy.
    — Zach Bradshaw, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Batavia’s Ino Garcia, a two-time state placer, turns into medal collector.
    — Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2024
  • In her three previous trips to the state tournament, Williams has managed one win in each bracket but has not been a placer.
    — Alex Harrison, The Enquirer, 10 Mar. 2012
  • Joining perennial top-placer Jane in the top two this week is … Kenya Pleaser?
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2026
  • In an ideal world, could the ultimate face-placer judge someone as French vs German 75% of the time?
    — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 30 Mar. 2012
  • The win sends Powell to the semifinals and assures a state placer for the senior, whose junior was ended early by an injury.
    — Brant Parsons, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Mar. 2021
  • Alexander will try to give retiring head coach and Hall of Fame Doug Rasmusson one final state placer.
    — Brant Parsons, orlandosentinel.com, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Its breakout star is Parker Schnabel, a thirty-one-year-old who runs a placer mine in the Yukon that brought in fifty-one million dollars last year.
    — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Olympia’s Emily Knopfle, the third placer in last season’s 4A state meet, is scheduled to open at Osceola.
    — Buddy Collings, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Hancock was an All-Region football player and two-time Top 3 state placer in wrestling, according to the outlet.
    — Sam Gillette, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Leadville materialized in 1860 with the discovery of placer gold (gold extracted from eroded rock), and the mining boom was on.
    — James Dziezynski, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2024
  • The top six placers from the events qualify for the 2023 Grand Prix Final, taking place in China.
    — Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The Wildcats scored 97 points overall with two individual champions and four placers overall.
    — Alex Harrison, The Enquirer, 16 June 2023
  • Mason's score was aided by its 11 top-three placers, including four individual champions.
    — Alex Harrison, The Enquirer, 27 May 2023
  • As placer miners use heavy equipment and hydraulic water cannons to strip away permafrost and expose gold, government paleontologists are often on site collecting fossils.
    — Diane Selkirk, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2022
  • The left-hander has blown away his previous career highs in innings and strikeouts and is a lock to finish among the top placers in the American League Cy Young Award vote.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Dayne’s older brother, Dominic, was a two-time state placer at West Aurora — including last season’s runner-up finish as a senior — and is now wrestling in college at Ohio.
    — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
  • As part of On The Mat, for the past 32 years, Yount has predicted the individual title winners in every bracket, plus the placers and the top 10 teams.
    — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The second-placer is Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, which scored an admirable 13 nods.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Currently, garlanded with his new 40 points, the longshot placer sits 17th in the Derby standings, but next weekend’s three big hundred-point preps seem to assure that other higher-earning horses will be shouldering on up into the top twenty.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Former Survivor players write Cuomo’s name down on a ballot, including season-43 winner Yam Yam Arocho, season-45 fifth-placer Katurah Topps, and season-48 first-out Stephanie Berger, who is hopefully casting her first successful vote.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025

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