ballpark
Example Sentences
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A. “When the war ends” is a key qualifier—and one nobody knows how to ballpark right now.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
More than 100 people have died across the mountains this season so far, according to the European Avalanche Warning Services – a ballpark figure not seen for eight years.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
I would like the amount they inherit to end up in the same ballpark.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 26, 2025
For the seven seasons Díaz played for the New York Mets, it was the coolest entrance song in the big leagues, creating the most intimidating scene in any ballpark anywhere.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2025
And baseball in Seattle had recently experienced a major setback—one of many more to come—when the wooden stands at the Indians’ ballpark, Dugdale Park, burned to the ground in July 1932.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.