- plural of par.
pars
Americannoun
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partes
plural
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Etymology
Origin of pars
From Latin
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Jeeno, the defending champion, reeled off nine birdies and nine pars in a flawless second round at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida, to move to 14 under at the halfway stage.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
A bogey on No. 6 was followed by two pars and three consecutive birdies that stretched the margin to six.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025
Volatility matters too—because of the format, a player who birdies half the holes and bogeys the other half can be more valuable than someone who cards 18 pars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2025
After opening with six pars, Scheffler played the par-five seventh in three shots and then birdied the eighth to move two clear of Fitzpatrick on 13 under.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2025
Watch a baby just as he or she starts to cry, and you’ll often see the frontalis, pars medialis shoot up as if it were on a string.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
Supreme Court rulings that Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions on whether to review inter partes review petitions cannot be appealed.
From Reuters ● Mar. 13, 2023
Noonan says the complaint may well wind up in a simplified inter partes review, which could lead to a relatively quick decision by the U.S. patent office as to whether the claims have merit.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 28, 2022
Greene’s Energy decision, which upheld inter partes review for patents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2018
“Inter partes review is simply a reconsideration of that grant.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2018
Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres—Finny probably answered that whenever Phil Latham spoke.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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