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verb

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Recent Examples of scout
Noun
Four pitches into the game, Tucker showed why college recruiters and MLB scouts are hot on his trail. Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2025 Unfortunately, Monfort takes pride in this lean business model, wanting a new collective bargaining agreement to cap the number of scouts to even the playing field. Troy Renck, Denver Post, 21 May 2025
Verb
Farmers were up their windmills and atop their barns and in other spots of vantage, scouting for Timble. Louise Erdrich, New Yorker, 25 May 2025 So, why not double-up on the scouting staff both domestically and internationally by paying more than anyone in the industry? Troy Renck, Denver Post, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for scout
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scout
Noun
  • The figures’ heads reach the top corners, and the person on the left seems to have an outstretched arm.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 3 June 2025
  • During prison or jail time, the person behind bars can no longer make much money themselves, and often other family members have to adjust — staying home or cutting their hours, for instance, to care for children.
    Meg Anderson, NPR, 3 June 2025
Verb
  • A week later, Rogan mocked Hawass and weighed in again on skeptical theories over who built the pyramids.
    Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 May 2025
  • Gervais also mocked himself during his acceptance speech.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 31 May 2025
Noun
  • Lawrence is like the orange M&M, or the also-orange wiry guy from Inside Out 2.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 3 June 2025
  • Turns out that state budget surplus that Casey’s hubby has been claiming as evidence of his own special skills was propped up all along by COVID-era billions, courtesy of the smiling guy with the aviator glasses and crippling ice cream addiction.
    Pat Beall, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 June 2025
Verb
  • Gilgeous-Alexander even got ridiculed during his team's Game 3 loss against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
    Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025
  • The Bills don’t want their players, coaches or staffers ridiculed similarly.
    Tim Graham, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • As Rusby talks of finding god and becoming a better man, Kev screws a silencer onto his pistol.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 26 May 2025
  • The American customers can peruse Saint James' iconic wardrobe essentials for the whole family with selections men, women, kids, even dogs plus unisex styles.
    Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
Noun
  • This teaches the child important money management skills necessary for later in life.
    David Kudla, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
  • Celeste Dalla Porta stars as the titular Parthenope, a young woman attending college who starts an illicit relationship with a professor that leads to a number of striking choices in her life.
    K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • The vulpine creature was first described by Charles Darwin in 1834 on Chile’s Chiloé Island.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 28 May 2025
  • Stone Age hunter-gatherers may have been particularly interested in sperm whale skeletons, because the creatures are the only toothed species of the group, featuring long, straight jaw bones—perfect for crafting hunting tools, the researchers write in the paper.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 May 2025

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“Scout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scout. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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