as in shooter
a person skilled in shooting at a target
only the best marksmen can hit the bull's-eye at 500 feet
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Recent Examples of marksman
Replacing your leading scorer, who doubles as the conference’s top marksman from long range, is a tall order.
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Daily News,
14 Mar. 2026
The first Sentinel Sports and Travel show was held in the Milwaukee Auditorium for eight days in April of 1940, and offered every kind of amusement for the vacation seeker, fisherman, marksman, or dog lover.
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Elaine Rewolinski,
jsonline.com,
25 Feb. 2026
Yet whoever wins will have the final say that influences the marksman’s stance moving forward.
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Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
3 Feb. 2026
During that time, a self-effacing marksman named Simo Häyhä, a sniper so grimly effective he was known and feared as the White Death, would prove invaluable to the Finns’ ability to hold off the Soviet advance.
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Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
30 Jan. 2026
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Daily News,
14 Mar. 2026
The first Sentinel Sports and Travel show was held in the Milwaukee Auditorium for eight days in April of 1940, and offered every kind of amusement for the vacation seeker, fisherman, marksman, or dog lover.
—
Elaine Rewolinski,
jsonline.com,
25 Feb. 2026
Yet whoever wins will have the final say that influences the marksman’s stance moving forward.
—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
3 Feb. 2026
During that time, a self-effacing marksman named Simo Häyhä, a sniper so grimly effective he was known and feared as the White Death, would prove invaluable to the Finns’ ability to hold off the Soviet advance.
—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
30 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marksman
Noun
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In need of three-point shooting, the Lakers lost the league’s best sharpshooter on the first day of free agency.
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The one remedy was a sharpshooter that could help give some oxygen to the offense with either Deuce McBride or Shamet manning the wing.
Noun
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Consulting a design on a computer screen, the workers arranged the numbered pieces — from 14 inches to 12 feet long — into a grid on an oversize worktable and attached them with rapid nail gun blasts.
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The foundation helped raise more than $200,000 to pay off school lunch debt for students, gave out turkeys to families during the holidays and provided resources to those impacted by gun violence.
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“Marksman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marksman. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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