basketball
noun
bas·ket·ball
ˈba-skit-ˌbȯl 
often attributive
: a usually indoor court game between two teams of usually five players each who score by tossing an inflated ball through a raised goal
also
: the ball used in this game
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Carroll girls basketball won the District 4-6A championship with an undefeated run en route to an area round appearance.
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There, with the help of Cassandre Bonhomme, who has been working with the Anthony family as an event planner and designer for about a decade, the basketball star turned his 13,000-square-foot Westchester County abode into a home that matches his unique and eclectic taste.
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 12 June 2026
Carroll girls basketball won the District 4-6A championship with an undefeated run en route to an area round appearance.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2026
The agreement includes creating new outdoor basketball courts, developing new youth sports clinics led by student-athletes, mental health awareness campaigns and more, according to the company.
—Nick Lentz, CBS News, 12 June 2026
There, with the help of Cassandre Bonhomme, who has been working with the Anthony family as an event planner and designer for about a decade, the basketball star turned his 13,000-square-foot Westchester County abode into a home that matches his unique and eclectic taste.
—Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 12 June 2026
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basketball
noun
bas·ket·ball
-ˌbȯl
: a court game in which each of two teams tries to toss an inflated ball through a raised goal
also
: the ball used in this game
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