team sport

noun

: a sport played by teams
Baseball is a team sport.

Examples of team sport in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Change, from our company’s perspective, is a team sport. Tim York, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024 Several studies have shown that ice hockey is the most expensive team sport for kids under 18, with annual costs topping $2,500. Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024 This is Israels’ first Olympic team sport to qualify for the Olympics since 1976. Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024 Try playing a team sport or joining a club, which can have the same effect. Alessandra Signorelli, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2024 Volleyball has surpassed basketball as the No. 1 girls high school team sport in the United States. Eric Olson, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2023 Advertisement The club that plays in the largest team sport venue in the world — the Gujarat Titans of the top Indian cricket league — played seven regular-season home matches last year at the 132,000-seat Narendra Modi Stadium. Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024 In fairness to on-ice officials, NHL hockey is the world’s fastest team sport, and even four guys — two of them linesmen — can easily miss things like Dillon’s cross checks, which came after the play. John Shipley, Twin Cities, 1 Jan. 2024 More than any other team sport, soccer gives an underdog a chance against a favorite given the size of the playing surface and the number of contestants. John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023

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“Team sport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/team%20sport. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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