driving range

noun

: an area equipped with distance markers, clubs, balls, and tees for practicing golf shots

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After trying out a deluge of school clubs — basketball, badminton, tennis, calligraphy — and failing at all of them, one day fate leads Minami to a driving range. Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025 Basketball: Why watching Kevin Durant’s pregame ritual is like watching prime Tiger Woods on the driving range. Natasha Frost, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025 Watching Durant work before a game is like watching Tiger Woods in his prime on the driving range. Doug Haller, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025 Using a heater at 20 degrees resulted in a 41% decrease in driving range and a 39% decrease in fuel economy, AAA found. Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for driving range

Word History

First Known Use

1929, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of driving range was in 1929

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“Driving range.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/driving%20range. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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driving range

noun
: an area equipped for practicing golf shots

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