Example Sentences

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So many of his nonstrike misses were noncompetitive, meaning they weren’t anywhere near the strike zone.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2020

Since the National League went to a 162-game schedule in 1962, just 32 teams have drawn fewer than 400 walks in a nonstrike season.

From Slate • Oct. 25, 2016

Since the playoffs expanded in 1995, this is just the second N.L.C.S. in a nonstrike season in which neither team won more than 90 games.

From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2014

Both moves misfired, and the Mariners will almost certainly score the fewest runs of any A.L. team in a nonstrike season since the creation of the designated hitter in 1973.

From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2010

Last week steel production was scheduled at 66.9% of capacity, the lowest nonstrike rate in 20 months�and the rate is due to drop more.

From Time Magazine Archive