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One who runs at top speed for short distances in races.

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Usage examples (30)
  • Life is often compared to a marathon, but I think it is more like being a sprinter; long stretches of hard work punctuated by brief moments in which we are given the...
  • The sprinter is serving a two-year ban from track and field.
  • The Jamaican sprinter is the first under 11 seconds this year.
  • I was playing an ancient tape of a sprinter from the 2022 Olympics.
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