driving range

noun

: an area equipped with distance markers, clubs, balls, and tees for practicing golf shots

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The 15-inch Cup Challenge will take place on the driving range, with four distances ranging from 50 to 125 yards. Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025 Several more years would pass before his farm could afford a shaker that rattled the tree so hard the pecans fell from the branches and another tool that collected the bright green orbs from the ground like the machine that picks up golf balls at a driving range. Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 12 Nov. 2024 And there’s nothing frivolous about the Rivian’s design or breathtaking performance, with the R1S and R1T among the global benchmarks for electric SUVs and pickups, including up to 676 kilometers (420 miles) of driving range. IEEE Spectrum, 11 Feb. 2025 According to city documents, the Northmoor Country Club installed 70-foot-tall safety nets at its driving range in 2006. Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for driving range

Word History

First Known Use

1929, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of driving range was in 1929

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“Driving range.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/driving%20range. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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driving range

noun
: an area equipped for practicing golf shots

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