figure skating
noun
: skating characterized by the performance of various jumps, spins, and dance movements and formerly by the tracing of prescribed figures
figure skater
noun
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The world figure skating championships are back on US soil
The world's best figure skaters will converge at TD Garden in Boston this week for the latest edition of the annual world championships, which will serve as both a coda to the 2024-2025 season and a key benchmark for the year to come.
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Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
Tsukasa is 26 and feeling a little wayward, regretful about his late start in figure skating.
—Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
Gates said the format of a yo-yo tournament is comparable to a figure skating tournament.
—Kathryn Kovalenko, Twin Cities, 11 June 2025
She is involved in volleyball, figure skating, dancing and singing.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2025
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Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
Tsukasa is 26 and feeling a little wayward, regretful about his late start in figure skating.
—Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
Gates said the format of a yo-yo tournament is comparable to a figure skating tournament.
—Kathryn Kovalenko, Twin Cities, 11 June 2025
She is involved in volleyball, figure skating, dancing and singing.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2025
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“Figure skating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/figure%20skating. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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