ballpark

Example Sentences

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“Hit singles, get on base,” is how Knicks star Jalen Brunson explains it, borrowing a ballpark metaphor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Price Compare prices before signing up to determine if the asking price is in the “reasonable” ballpark.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

Freedman told MarketWatch that he had estimated his promotion would cost in the ballpark of $13,000, based on his outlay from a previous one.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

However, their total engine power is in the same ballpark as last year's engines - about 1,000bhp - and they actually have significantly lower grip levels than before.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

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