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Examples of jump shooter in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
New Suns guard Damion Lee fouled a jump shooter Sunday.
—Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 5 Oct. 2022
The junior jump shooter finished with 35 points, nearly 10 over his league-leading 25.6 average.
—Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2022
DeRozan is gone now, as is fellow volume jump shooter LaMarcus Aldridge.
—Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2021
Pacquiao had become the boxing equivalent of a jump shooter who couldn’t get to his spot.
—Dylan Hernández Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2021
The 6-foot-6, 210-pound Kuminga flashed a lot of impressive tools with G-League Ignite, including incredible athleticism and the potential to be a quality jump shooter.
—Tim Bielik, cleveland, 18 June 2021
Cheeks ran the floor with a cool, selfless demeanor, and Toney was such a deadly jump shooter around this time, he should have been arrested ...
—Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 3 Oct. 2020
The Raptors’ defense reduced Antetokounmpo to an erratic jump shooter.
—BostonGlobe.com, 3 Nov. 2019
McDonald’s All-American is a capable jump shooter and has improved as a shooter from long-range.
—Emily Caron, SI.com, 18 Sep. 2019
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Word History
First Known Use
1947, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near jump shooter
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“Jump shooter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jump%20shooter. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
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