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Synonyms & Antonyms for ballpark
Synonyms: Adjective
approximate, approximative, imprecise, inaccurate, inexact, loose, squishy
Antonyms: Adjective
accurate, dead, dead-on, exact, precise, ultraprecise, veracious
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Examples of ballpark in a Sentence
Noun
hit a home run out of the ballparkAdjective
We don't know exactly how many people live in this city, but a ballpark figure would be about two million. I suspect that the ballpark costs we were quoted for the kitchen renovation will turn out to be too low.
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
On paper playing in a large ballpark should play in the Cardinals favor. — Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal, "Louisville baseball succeeding despite lack of 'sexy' home run power," 14 June 2019 The upshot: Fowler inherited a picturesque ballpark and a billion-dollar TV deal and now, with the Chargers gone, is the only game in town. — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, "How much profit might MLB owners make by selling their teams?," 28 Aug. 2019 With the help of Universal, which released Field of Dreams in 1989, a temporary ballpark to seat 8,000 attendees will be erected at the film site in Dyersville, Iowa. — Nick Romano, EW.com, "Yankees and White Sox to play 2020 game on the Field of Dreams," 8 Aug. 2019 Not long ago, this was a ballpark beloved by hitters. — Nick Piecoro, azcentral, "Arizona Diamondbacks' bats go silent, 1-hit at home by Nationals," 3 Aug. 2019 San Francisco during the first tech boom had a new ballpark sponsored by Pets.com and Webvan, and a shopping mall with space-age inset neon lines, as if someone powered it up like a computer. — San Francisco Chronicle, "Like everything else involved with the project, the chrome marketing folder was shiny and filled with hope, as if the owners were selling a new subdivision on the moons of Jupiter.," 26 July 2019 Named for: Hermon Brothers Construction, the local company that built the ballpark. — Matt Nevala, Anchorage Daily News, "Alaska’s ballparks: Palmer’s Hermon Brothers Field is an oasis of green," 10 July 2019 Officials had three weeks to overhaul London Stadium, famous for its use for track and field in the 2012 Summer Olympics, into a proper ballpark. — Scottie Andrew And Nadeem Muaddi, CNN, "Harry and Meghan greeted Yankees and Red Sox players ahead of their London series," 29 June 2019 Over the ensuing five seasons, Hickerson was pulled away from his family by the 162-game schedule that demands players spend around 28 days per month at a ballpark or traveling to one. — Tyler Kraft, Indianapolis Star, "Indians pitching coach returns to baseball following 18 years in a traveling ministry," 28 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ballpark.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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