archery
noun
ar·chery
ˈär-chə-rē 
1
: the art, practice, or skill of shooting with bow and arrow
2
: an archer's weapons
3
: a body of archers
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Camp guests can participate in activities including rock climbing, archery, friendship bracelet-making and canoeing.
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Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2025
In addition to golf, mixed events will be included in athletics (4x100m mixed relay), archery, gymnastics, rowing, coastal beach sprint and table tennis.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
Officers seized three deer mounts, a firearm, and archery equipment while executing a search warrant as part of the investigation, according to the New Hampshire Fish and Game Law Enforcement Division.
—Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2025
New twists on old Olympic sports In addition to the numbers, the announcement of new mixed team events in several of the Olympics’s traditional sports including artistic gymnastics, track and field, archery, golf, rowing, and table tennis came as a pleasant surprise.
—Blythe Lawrence, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2025
In addition to golf, mixed events will be included in athletics (4x100m mixed relay), archery, gymnastics, rowing, coastal beach sprint and table tennis.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
Officers seized three deer mounts, a firearm, and archery equipment while executing a search warrant as part of the investigation, according to the New Hampshire Fish and Game Law Enforcement Division.
—Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2025
New twists on old Olympic sports In addition to the numbers, the announcement of new mixed team events in several of the Olympics’s traditional sports including artistic gymnastics, track and field, archery, golf, rowing, and table tennis came as a pleasant surprise.
—Blythe Lawrence, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Archery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/archery. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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archery
noun
ar·chery
ˈärch-(ə-)rē
: the art, practice, or skill of shooting with bow and arrow
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