in the ball park
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An equivalent sum today would be around $841 billion, leaving a funding gap of more than $124 trillion, assuming Zubrin’s estimate is in the ball park.
From Forbes ● Sep. 30, 2013
"I didn't see where it hit on the wall and I was glad it stayed in the ball park."
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2012
She is in the ball park, at least for the previous two years.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2011
"That's in the ball park," said Bowsher, thus conjuring up a ball park stripped of seats, gates and outfield fences.
From Time Magazine Archive
The only really blase individual in the ball park is Willie Grimes, who peddles ice-cream cones.
From Buttered Side Down: Stories by Edna Ferber
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