ballpark

Example Sentences

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Then Chaney showed up to the ballpark and saw the man who would go on to create CNN wearing a Braves uniform and outfielder Cito Gaston’s spikes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Even though there is a ballpark amount she should have saved, you want to avoid “time-based” suggestions, Abrahams says.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026

Surveillance software sprouted in every cranny of the ballpark, first in service of providing more data for teams and front offices to pore over, then as fuel for ever more esoteric betting propositions.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

"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

“Sure,” I said, hoping that maybe if we got back to her house I could still find time to run down to the ballpark and play a few innings and make Bunny happy.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos