ballpark figure
Example Sentences
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Asked how much money he’s raised, Foster intimated that a ballpark figure would become evident as players started to trickle in through the transfer portal.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024
An accountant exasperatingly asks for a ballpark figure, and Escola’s Bernadette, wiggling like a charmed snake with their hands on their hips, asks, “Is this a ballpark figure?”
From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2024
The ballpark figure for building a 300-bed hospital in Japan in $55 million.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 6, 2021
But I suspect their ballpark figure might even be too low; they arrived at it by taking the old IRS estimate, and adjusting it for income growth and inflation.
From Slate • Jan. 8, 2020
According to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, it would cost a ballpark figure of about £10bn per year.
From BBC • May 11, 2017
