- plural of par.
pars
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of pars
From Latin
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"He was making a lot of pars and then obviously at the end Kurt did what he did and Adam posted and I started to make a couple birdies," McIlroy said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026
He had three birdies and six pars on the back nine for a 68 in the second round to get to even par and was among 51 in the 72-player field to make the cut.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
Nine pars followed though before he finished bogey-double bogey.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 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
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
They argued it undermined the role inter partes review plays in “protecting a strong patent system” and violated federal law.
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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