ballpark
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A 4% annual withdrawal rate — the ballpark percentage recommended by advisers — from your $2.1 million retirement portfolio would give you roughly $84,000 per year, or $7,000 per month, before taxes.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026
That’s a ballpark figure, of course, and doesn’t take into account market fluctuations, taxes and other investment fees.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
Tampa Bay—I know people like to make fun of the ballpark and the thin crowds, but that club is a miracle of development and efficient overperformance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
The size of Cruise's star in the movie firmament makes the comparison even less flattering: "Digger" was never going to be in the same ballpark as the multi-billion dollar "Mission: Impossible" franchise.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
A cap from every ballpark they’d ever visited.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
When the Astros’ team buses arrived at Dodger Stadium for games during the pandemic season of 2020, when ballparks were closed to the public, Dodgers fans gathered outside to boo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Or the idea of ballparks as sacred spaces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
Some are impractical, such as forcing teams to push the fences back in their ballparks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
Although there has been an uptick in recent years, attendance began declining at ballparks around the country in the late 2000s.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2025
Outside the ballparks, America was in the midst of a massive and uncertain shift.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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