as in approximate
not precisely correct
I suspect that the ballpark costs we were quoted for the kitchen renovation will turn out to be too low
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Recent Examples of ballpark
Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
The Royals and Hallmark Cards announced plans to work together on a ballpark and development project at Crown Center, severe storms are heading for the Kansas City area and a new cocktail lounge opened downtown.
—Ian Cummings, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026
Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2026
Connecticut’s top Banana will be dancing and prancing from the ballpark to the ballroom.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 13 May 2026
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Adjective
Saturday’s game was played in a ballpark 2,400 feet higher than Coors Field and where three years earlier the Padres scored 22 runs and had 27 hits in two games.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
The Royals and Hallmark Cards announced plans to work together on a ballpark and development project at Crown Center, severe storms are heading for the Kansas City area and a new cocktail lounge opened downtown.
—Ian Cummings, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026
Noun
Whether in the classroom or at the ballpark, King has learned to handle adversity with aplomb.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2026
Connecticut’s top Banana will be dancing and prancing from the ballpark to the ballroom.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 13 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ballpark
Adjective
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The map above shows the mandatory evacuation area in red and the approximate fire perimeter as a black line.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
18 May 2026
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Four similar seismic signatures were registered at that exact time, in that approximate area, the pattern of which resembled underwater mines or overground quarry blasts, the Spanish National Seismic Network told CNN.—
Pau Mosquera,
CNN Money,
12 May 2026
Noun
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The city was in court Monday to ask a judge for a temporary restraining order that would limit Brown and the park district in general from signing contracts without the larger park district board's approval.—
Sabrina Franza,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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The group had been invited to the park under the guise of getting to check out new content additions to Smugglers Run.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
18 May 2026
Noun
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The neighborhood/area Brickell gets a bad rep among visitors as Miami Beach’s boring, business-minded sibling, but a quick walk from the hotel will reveal the up-and-coming neighborhood to be an energizing community lined with vibrant (and clean) shops, restaurants, and bars.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 May 2026
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Videos of the Saturday night melee at a Chipotle in the Navy Yard neighborhood showed youths throwing punches and chairs as patrons watched in fear.—
Steve Thompson,
Washington Post,
19 May 2026
Adjective
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In a statement, defense lawyer Cristobal Martell told the outlet that the homicide theory was inaccurate.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2026
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Released Parties are also not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site users, tampering, hacking or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest.—
Tim McGovern,
PEOPLE,
18 May 2026
Noun
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Attempts are made to offset losses each year by hosting a range of non-football events, with the stadium operators banking that money.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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While the majority of DJs perform at nightclubs and music festivals, Summit is joining a list of several prominent DJs who have transitioned to major arena and stadium tours, including Illenium, The Chainsmokers, Tiësto and Kaskade.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
20 May 2026
Noun
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The project aims to validate the underlying technology for a future mission that could someday take a neutrino detector to the vicinity of the sun.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
13 May 2026
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In one particularly harrowing example, the report details three separate incidents of rape at the site of the Nova Music Festival near the Gaza perimeter, citing a survivor who was hiding in the immediate vicinity of the attack.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
12 May 2026
Noun
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An album that has so many tunes about boyhood is well served by songwriting and arrangements that evoke such a never-ending sense of play.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
23 May 2026
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The football game directive came about a week after Ingoglia held a press conference criticizing Alachua County — where UF’s campus is located — for excessive or wasteful spending to the tune of $84 million over five years, claiming the budget grew by 77%.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 May 2026
Noun
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To make matters worse, Haliburton dealt with shingles during his recovery this season.—
Law Murray,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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The Stanford-within-Stanford Baker exposes matters to you even if this exclusive core feels impossibly distant.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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“Ballpark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ballpark. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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