scorer
- noun
- /ˈskɔːrər/
- Written by an insider who has worked as a test scorer, the article outlines a multinational industry based on an army of temporary workers paid by the piece at $0.30 to $0.70 per test, translating to the need to grade 40 tests per hour to make a $12 salary.
Examples
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As a scorer, my main responsibility was to mark trees that were ready to be cut down.
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The experienced scorer pointed out which trees to fell to optimize the logging process.
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Kevin, professional scorer and our host for the day.
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He is a strong personality, active physically, and makes some impact plays, but he is not a scorer yet and has lapses on defense in part due to being too short for a 4.
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But McGruder's emergence as a clear go-to guy and dominant scorer has made me very optimistic about his place in recent KSU basketball history.
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Klay Thompson, though at the moment little more than a volume scorer, still finds ways to put the ball in the basket, averaging exactly 16 points per 36 minutes.
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Gail has been a Boone and Crockett Club scorer for 35 years, meaning he is trained and certified as an official measurer for the wildlife conservation organization.
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Every morning, the scorer would walk through the forest to identify which trees needed to be marked.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word scorer comes from score, which once meant 'to cut a mark' on wood to show something. So a scorer in logging is the person who marks the trees that will be cut.