ballpark

Example Sentences

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"So far as I can say, it is old, sub-fossilised, and probably Pleistocene - it's a massive ballpark, but most likely somewhere between 100,000 and half a million years old."

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

“I wish the ballpark was bigger,” Savage said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

“These rules of thumb can certainly give Americans a ballpark estimate for their own wealth-management goals,” said Roberts.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

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

At the ballpark, they treated us first class.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson