- a variation of ball game.
ballgame
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A fishing trip or a ballgame is something the market provides readily and cheaply.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026
It’s impossible to overstate the extent to which this topic is Pratt’s whole ballgame, the only thing I heard about chatting with his backers.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
If the 10-year yield goes up to 4.5% to 5%, does that change the ballgame for the equity market?
From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026
"A sketch does not have scale. It is an intent. And converting that intent into an actual functional museum was a different ballgame," he tells the BBC.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025
It was at the end of the ballgame, when she was playing with the Gameboy.
From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers
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