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

That should keep crude holding in the $90-a-barrel level, rather than pulling back into ballpark of $80.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 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

Forbes places its current estimate in the ballpark of $22.6 billion.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

Being a vegetarian also meant giving up traditions I value: the Thanksgiving turkey, my mother’s beef brisket at Passover, or even franks at the ballpark.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan