handicap

Example Sentences

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Rules helped the U.S. monitor and handicap bad actors.

From Barron's • Jan. 5, 2026

Trump, an 18-year-old amateur, has a scratch handicap but is ranked 461st among junior girls by the American Junior Golf Association.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

And that’s assuming they survive their challenge in the Supreme Court, which is impossible to handicap.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 5, 2025

Golf is scratching his sporting itch at the moment - his handicap is down to single figures - and even watching Scotland's footballers toil against Belarus at Hampden has not unduly affected his sunny disposition.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

But the spectacularly bad start meant that the two-length handicap he faced by virtue of his lane assignment was even greater now.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown