sharpshooting
noun
sharp·shoot·ing
ˈshärp-ˌshü-tiŋ 
1
: shooting with great precision
2
: accurate and usually unexpected attack (as in words)
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Memphis is a balanced team that fields a lot of pleasant surprises — second-round rookie Jaylen Wells averages more than 11 points a game, Santi Aldama has emerged as a sharpshooting, glass-crashing rotation player and Scotty Pippen Jr. is an energy-shifter.
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Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
Whether Cam Johnson remains with the Nets beyond then remains to be seen, but the sharpshooting wing did return from a six-game absence to face the Wizards.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2025
The sharpshooting sophomore scored 17 of his game-high 25 points in the second half, putting the game away with an open triple from the corner in front of the Huskies’ bench with less than two minutes to go.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 2 Feb. 2025
Mills, once an elite sharpshooting combo guard off the bench, has struggled as a shooter since his 2022-23 season with the Brooklyn Nets.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025
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Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
Whether Cam Johnson remains with the Nets beyond then remains to be seen, but the sharpshooting wing did return from a six-game absence to face the Wizards.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2025
The sharpshooting sophomore scored 17 of his game-high 25 points in the second half, putting the game away with an open triple from the corner in front of the Huskies’ bench with less than two minutes to go.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 2 Feb. 2025
Mills, once an elite sharpshooting combo guard off the bench, has struggled as a shooter since his 2022-23 season with the Brooklyn Nets.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025
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“Sharpshooting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sharpshooting. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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