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as in customer
a person who buys a product or uses a service from a business
an East End prostitute who claimed that many of her punters were from the upper echelons of London society
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as in gambler
one that bets (as on the outcome of a contest or sports event)
the huge amount of money that punters in Britain put on football matches
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Recent Examples of punter
Lions punter Jack Fox led the NFL with an average of 51 yards per punt.
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Kevin Fishbain, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
That includes defensive end Frank Clark, offensive linemen Eric Fisher, Mitchell Schwartz and Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, punter Dustin Colquitt, linebacker Reggie Ragland and safety Daniel Sorensen.
Others — including receiver Tyreek Hill and safety Tyrann Mathieu — now play elsewhere.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2025
The list: defensive lineman Tupu Alualu, wide receiver Nate Bennett, running back Marquez Cooper, tight ends Michael Harrison and Jude Wolfe, kicker Nicolas Lopez, linebackers Kyle Moretti and Cody Moon, punter Tyler Pastula, offensive lineman Nate Williams and long snapper Ryan Wintermeyer.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
Diana Wong, the wife of Cleveland Browns punter Corey Bojorquez, opened up in a TikTok video shared on Tuesday, March 11 about the biggest challenges of being married to a professional football player that isn't widely spoken about online.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 17 Mar. 2025
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Kevin Fishbain, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
That includes defensive end Frank Clark, offensive linemen Eric Fisher, Mitchell Schwartz and Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, punter Dustin Colquitt, linebacker Reggie Ragland and safety Daniel Sorensen.
Others — including receiver Tyreek Hill and safety Tyrann Mathieu — now play elsewhere.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2025
The list: defensive lineman Tupu Alualu, wide receiver Nate Bennett, running back Marquez Cooper, tight ends Michael Harrison and Jude Wolfe, kicker Nicolas Lopez, linebackers Kyle Moretti and Cody Moon, punter Tyler Pastula, offensive lineman Nate Williams and long snapper Ryan Wintermeyer.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
Diana Wong, the wife of Cleveland Browns punter Corey Bojorquez, opened up in a TikTok video shared on Tuesday, March 11 about the biggest challenges of being married to a professional football player that isn't widely spoken about online.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 17 Mar. 2025
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Noun
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Theater workers — who, like most service employees, have been wearily dealing with increasing amounts of customer incivility since the pandemic — have been fuming.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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Quality control is highly inconsistent, and customer service can be…frustrating, to put it nicely.—
Francesca Krempa,
StyleCaster,
10 Apr. 2025
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This often involves thinking through how to better create bundled go to market strategies that enable selling more things to existing clients, versus consistently needing to acquire new ones.—
Billee Howard,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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Suits Vet Visits Spinoff, Dark Matter Promotion and More Suits Star Rick Hoffman Returning as Louis Litt on NBC Spinoff Amos played himself in the spinoff’s Feb. 23, 2025 debut, which introduced him as a client at the entertainment law firm run by Stephen Amell’s Ted Black.—
Vlada Gelman,
TVLine,
6 Apr. 2025
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Prince Harry's comments come after he and his Sentebale cofounder, Prince Seeiso of Lesotho, announced their unexpected departure as patrons of the charity on March 26.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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According to Gamble, several of the school’s abolitionist patrons likely pushed for her graduation.—
Ella Jeffries,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Mar. 2025
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For the first time since the COVID-19 era began, both Walt Disney World water parks will be open to guests at the same time.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2025
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As the parents of two kids, the guest and their partner made sure to plan ahead.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Punter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/punter. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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