{"loaderData":{"0":null,"0-3":[{"type":"fetchPageData/fulfilled","payload":{"_id":"home-legacy","story":{"created_at":"2023-07-04T15:14:18.526Z","published_at":"2024-05-02T04:05:00.000Z","content":{"heroModule":[{"cta":[{"url":"https://www.thesaurus.com/e/grammar/ampersand/","text":"Read more.","target":"_self"}],"article":{"name":"What Are Ampersands and How Do You Use Them?","content":{"topicLabel":"Informal writing"}},"imageUrl":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/featured/hero/what-are-ampersands-and-how-do-you-use-them-20251013.png","description":"We explain the finer points of the ampersand's use — from informal writing to company names.","subjectLabel":"Today"}],"quizModule":[{"cta":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/learn/quizzes","text":"Go to all quizzes","target":"_self"}],"image":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/daily-quiz.png","articleLink":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/quizzes/quiz-yourself-on-anytime-vs-any-time","text":"Take the full quiz.","target":"_self"}],"subjectLabel":"Quiz","wordpressSlug":"quiz-yourself-on-anytime-vs-any-time","questionNumber":"2"}],"xotdModule":[],"gamesModule":[{"gamesList":[{"name":"Daily Crossword","created_at":"2023-07-04T15:24:23.318Z","published_at":"2024-02-07T05:05:00.000Z","id":336141299,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/crossword/","text":"Daily Crossword","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215805,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/daily-crossword.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false},"subscriberLink":""},"slug":"daily-crossword","full_slug":"games/daily-crossword","sort_by_date":null,"position":0,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"013f4974-3fad-4e2b-8aa2-c573ef31f263","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T15:32:55.972Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true},{"name":"Hurdle","created_at":"2023-07-07T20:42:46.109Z","published_at":"2024-02-06T05:05:00.000Z","id":337835996,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://play.dictionary.com/games/todays-hurdle","text":"Hurdle","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215808,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/hurdle.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false},"subscriberLink":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/hurdle"},"slug":"hurdle","full_slug":"games/hurdle","sort_by_date":null,"position":-30,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"3342f4e9-9403-4609-a956-7cd5eab50dc9","first_published_at":"2023-07-10T17:24:55.648Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true},{"name":"Word Puzzle","created_at":"2023-07-04T15:31:56.964Z","published_at":"2023-07-10T17:24:59.422Z","id":336150578,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/word-puzzle","text":"Word Puzzle","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215807,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/word-puzzle.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false}},"slug":"word-puzzle","full_slug":"games/word-puzzle","sort_by_date":null,"position":-20,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"71792320-7229-4ab6-8558-b3af16f5e557","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T15:32:43.933Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true},{"name":"Word Wipe","created_at":"2023-07-04T15:28:02.623Z","published_at":"2024-02-06T05:05:00.000Z","id":336141320,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://play.dictionary.com/games/word-wipe","text":"Word Wipe","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215806,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/word-wipe.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false},"subscriberLink":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/word-wipe"},"slug":"word-wipe","full_slug":"games/word-wipe","sort_by_date":null,"position":-10,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"3789fc63-90b3-4407-99f4-fa263d1a3e39","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T15:32:50.947Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true}],"description":"Calling all cruciverbalists! Sharpen your mind with crosswords and word games, or take a brain break with your favorite classic games.","subjectLabel":"Games"}],"commonModule":[],"ribbonModule":[],"trendingModule":[{"articles":[{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/emoji/face-in-clouds-emoji/","text":"How Are You Using the Face in Clouds Emoji 😶‍🌫️?"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/white-tie-vs-black-tie/","text":"White Tie vs. Black Tie: Which Is More Formal?"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/pasta-shapes-names/","text":"All the Pasta Shape Names Explained: How Many Do You Know?"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/pop-culture/comfort-character/","text":"Who's Your Comfort Character?"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.thesaurus.com/e/grammar/whycapitali/","text":"Why Do We Capitalize the Pronoun \"I\"?"}]}}],"subjectLabel":"Trending"}],"newsletterModule":[{"title":"Salutations, logophile!","imageUrl":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/newsletter.png","description":"Sign up to get everything a word lover could want: word origins, fun facts, and the latest language trends.","subjectLabel":"Newsletter"}],"largeRibbonModule":[],"recirculationModule":[{"articles":[{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/soccer-or-football/","text":"Why Do Americans Call Football \"Soccer\"?"}],"topicLabel":"⚽ Sports"}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/name-meanings-in-dictionary/","text":"Is Your Name in the Dictionary?"}],"topicLabel":"Look yourself up"}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.thesaurus.com/e/writing/how-to-write-a-scary-story-tips-to-haunt-your-reader/","text":"How to Write a Scary Story: Tips to Haunt Your Readers"}],"topicLabel":"Writing tips"}}],"subjectLabel":"Featured"}]},"slug":"shared-homepage","full_slug":"homepages/shared-homepage","sort_by_date":null,"position":0,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140983,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"c7ed375b-9129-448c-aeec-9f52e3fef270","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T18:23:43.845Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null}},"meta":{"requestId":"NlY0T1tF5zMPp5OhaB-b7","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"luna/fetchExampleSentences/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"nlp":[{"id":"6737546-7","sentence":"Esther Wallace, a former Division-I basketball player turned designer, saw that it was easy to buy merchandise celebrating the NBA’s biggest stars but much harder to find a jersey for their female counterparts.","source":{"sourceName":"The Wall Street Journal","publicationDate":"2025-10-13T04:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-10-13T04:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.wsj.com/style/fashion/wnba-playa-society-esther-wallace-jerseys-clothing-6b4b84aa","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"Ximena N. Beltran Quan Kiu","title":"WNBA Fans Wanted Merchandise That Looked Cool. Her Company Delivered."},"offsets":[36,46]},{"id":"6737362-6","sentence":"Indiana is supposed to be a basketball state.","source":{"sourceName":"The Wall Street Journal","publicationDate":"2025-10-13T04:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-10-13T04:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.wsj.com/sports/football/indiana-hoosiers-curt-cignetti-fernando-mendoza-03f5e2ba","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"Jason Gay","title":"How Indiana—Indiana!—Became America’s College Football and NFL Paradise"},"offsets":[28,38]},{"id":"6737037-2","sentence":"The NBA brought star-studded lineups to Macau this week for the league's return to China after six years but many of the biggest wins happened off the basketball court, industry insiders and experts told AFP.","source":{"sourceName":"Barron's","publicationDate":"2025-10-12T04:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-10-12T04:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.barrons.com/news/treading-fine-line-nba-money-machine-kicks-into-gear-on-china-return-c5033b5e","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"Holmes CHAN","title":"Treading Fine Line, NBA Money Machine Kicks Into Gear On China Return"},"offsets":[151,161]},{"id":"6737015-22","sentence":"“I just want to play basketball. If I do less, if I do more, whatever it takes for me to get a win.”","source":{"sourceName":"Los Angeles Times","publicationDate":"2025-10-11T04:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-10-11T04:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/story/2025-10-11/will-luka-doncic-finally-play-preseason-game-sunday-tbd","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"Broderick Turner","title":"Will Luka Doncic finally play in a preseason game Sunday? To be determined"},"offsets":[21,31]},{"id":"6736861-75","sentence":"Another major donor is LA Strong Sports, a group started by Lakers coach JJ Redick, a Palisades resident who coached a youth basketball team at the center and appeared at the Tuesday meeting.","source":{"sourceName":"Los Angeles Times","publicationDate":"2025-10-11T04:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-10-11T04:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-11/pacific-palisades-fire-anger-los-angeles-city-hall-rebuild","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"Hailey Branson-Potts","title":"In fire-scorched Palisades, a library and rec center become linchpins of fury with City Hall"},"offsets":[125,135]}],"tdb":[],"gbg":[]}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"basketball"},"requestId":"di7Dk8u16gDNjg6w2pYe7","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"dcomWeb/fetchThesaurusRelatedEntries/fulfilled","payload":{"slug":"basketball"},"meta":{"arg":"basketball","requestId":"25Tfh1mWftoAnMqWj2oYE","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"dcomWeb/fetchThesaurusEntry/fulfilled","payload":[{"entries":[{"createDate":"2021-05-09T14:56:21Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"basketball","standardForm":"basketball"},"id":"6097f815000000037f0092b8","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2021-05-09T14:56:21Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":true,"forward":"basketball","groups":["a","aa","b","bb","e","k","l","ll","s","t"],"numLetters":10,"reverse":"llabteksab","subwordTokens":["basketball","asketball","sketball","ketball","etball","tball","ball","all","ll","l"]},"normalizedLetter":"b","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"id":"6097f815000000037f0092bd","ordinal":1,"shortText":"team sport","source":"random-house","synonyms":[{"entry":{"headword":"ball","id":"6097f8050000000119005571","slug":"ball"},"similarity":100},{"entry":{"headword":"hoops","id":"6097f68300000000e0003345","slug":"hoops"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"B-ball","id":"6097f815000000037f00a552","slug":"b-ball"},"similarity":10},{"entry":{"headword":"brownball","id":"6097fa0800000000d8001bb8","slug":"brownball"},"similarity":10}]}],"id":"6097f815bb1f88f7c11ceb84","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"noun"}],"pronunciationSets":[{"id":"556807610000000028007f3e","lang":"en","ordinal":1,"pronunciations":[{"audio":{"flac":"B01/B0137300/B0137300.flac","mpeg":"B01/B0137300/B0137300.mp3","ogg":"B01/B0137300/B0137300.ogg","wav":"B01/B0137300/B0137300.wav"},"id":"556807610000000028007f3f","ipa":{"text":"ˈbæs kɪtˌbɔl"},"phonetic":{"boldIndices":[0,1,2],"html":"bas-kit-bawl","text":"bas-kit-bawl"}},{"id":"556807610000000028007f43","ipa":{"text":"ˈbɑ skɪt-"},"phonetic":{"boldIndices":[0,1,2],"html":"bah-skit-","text":"bah-skit-"}}],"region":"us"}],"slug":"basketball","source":"random-house","type":"tcom"}],"type":"tcom"}],"meta":{"arg":"basketball","requestId":"FpSrq7NiVA-ma-MYpCJxA","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"dcomWeb/fetchDictionaryEntry/fulfilled","payload":[{"entries":[{"createDate":"2010-08-04T16:37:25Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"basketball","standardForm":"basketball"},"id":"4c599745ed57f1a651688377","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2010-08-04T16:37:25Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":true,"forward":"basketball","groups":["a","aa","b","bb","e","k","l","ll","s","t"],"numLetters":10,"reverse":"llabteksab","subwordTokens":["basketball","asketball","sketball","ketball","etball","tball","ball","all","ll","l"]},"normalizedLetter":"b","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"id":"4c9f677c4c6c1089f8c544b7","ordinal":1,"tags":[{"tag":"Recreation_and_Sport:Team_Sports:Basketball","type":"subject-field"}],"text":"a game played by two opposing teams of five men (or six women) each, usually on an indoor court. Points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal metal hoop"},{"id":"4cc423078dc84c78ffb5636a","ordinal":2,"tags":[{"tag":"Recreation_and_Sport:Team_Sports:Basketball","type":"subject-field"}],"text":"the inflated ball used in this game"}],"ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"noun"}],"pronunciationSets":[{"ordinal":1,"pronunciations":[{"ipa":{"text":"ˈbɑːskɪtˌbɔːl"}}]}],"slug":"basketball","source":"collins","type":"british"}],"type":"british"},{"entries":[{"createDate":"2015-05-29T06:29:53Z","derivedFormSets":[{"derivedForms":[{"form":"probasketball","ordinal":1,"syllabicForm":"pro·basket·ball"}],"partOfSpeech":"adjective"}],"headword":{"normalizedForm":"basketball","standardForm":"basketball","syllabicForm":"bas·ket·ball"},"id":"556807610000000028007f3a","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2015-05-29T06:29:53Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":true,"forward":"basketball","groups":["a","aa","b","bb","e","k","l","ll","s","t"],"numLetters":10,"reverse":"llabteksab","subwordTokens":["basketball","asketball","sketball","ketball","etball","tball","ball","all","ll","l"]},"normalizedLetter":"b","ordinal":1,"origin":{"id":"556807610000000028007f66","source":"dcom","text":"An Americanism dating back to 1890–95; basket + ball ¹","type":"origin"},"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"crossReferences":[{"targetEntry":{"headword":"basket","id":"556807610000000028007edc","slug":"basket"}},{"targetEntry":{"headword":"ball","id":"55680761000000002800f3b1","slug":"ball"}}],"id":"556807610000000028007f4b","ordinal":1,"source":"random-house","tags":[{"tag":"Sports","type":"category"}],"text":"a game played by two teams of usually five players each on a rectangular court having a raised basket or goal at each end, points being scored by tossing the ball through the opponent's basket."},{"id":"556807610000000028007f5c","ordinal":2,"source":"random-house","tags":[{"tag":"Sports","type":"category"}],"text":"the round, inflated ball approximately 30 inches (76 centimeters) in circumference, used in this game."}],"id":"556807610000000028007f48","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"noun"}],"pronunciationSets":[{"id":"556807610000000028007f3e","lang":"en","ordinal":1,"pronunciations":[{"audio":{"flac":"B01/B0137300/B0137300.flac","mpeg":"B01/B0137300/B0137300.mp3","ogg":"B01/B0137300/B0137300.ogg","wav":"B01/B0137300/B0137300.wav"},"id":"556807610000000028007f3f","ipa":{"text":"ˈbæs kɪtˌbɔl"},"phonetic":{"boldIndices":[0,1,2],"html":"bas-kit-bawl","text":"bas-kit-bawl"}},{"id":"556807610000000028007f43","ipa":{"text":"ˈbɑ skɪt-"},"phonetic":{"boldIndices":[0,1,2],"html":"bah-skit-","text":"bah-skit-"}}],"region":"us"}],"slug":"basketball","source":"dcom","type":"dcom"}],"type":"dcom"}],"meta":{"arg":"basketball","requestId":"4vuFaU7lT65TbkqgTbZd_","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"fetchSpellSuggestions/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"lunaWithSlug":[{"displayForm":"basketball","slug":"basketball"},{"displayForm":"baseball","slug":"baseball"},{"displayForm":"baseball","slug":"baseball"},{"displayForm":"masked ball","slug":"masked-ball"},{"displayForm":"masked ball","slug":"masked-ball"},{"displayForm":"basketful","slug":"basketful"},{"displayForm":"fastball","slug":"fastball"},{"displayForm":"fastball","slug":"fastball"},{"displayForm":"basket case","slug":"basket-case"},{"displayForm":"basket case","slug":"basket-case"},{"displayForm":"basket case","slug":"basket-case"}],"tunaWithSlug":[{"displayForm":"basketball","slug":"basketball"},{"displayForm":"masked ball","slug":"masked-ball"},{"displayForm":"fastball","slug":"fastball"},{"displayForm":"basketball shoe","slug":"basketball-shoe"},{"displayForm":"basket case","slug":"basket-case"},{"displayForm":"basket-case","slug":"basket-case"},{"displayForm":"basket","slug":"basket"},{"displayForm":"blackball","slug":"blackball"},{"displayForm":"butterball","slug":"butterball"},{"displayForm":"spitball","slug":"spitball"},{"displayForm":"basket star","slug":"basket-star"}]}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"basketball"},"requestId":"xRW3ux-YZQJbfK0J_7PI-","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}}]},"actionData":null,"errors":null}

basketball

Example Sentences