in sport

idiom

somewhat formal + old-fashioned
: in a joking way : in a way that is not serious
Don't take offense. I was only saying it in sport.

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And in sport, where the thinnest of margins always matter, recognizing the invisible might be one of your most visible acts of leadership. Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 7 Sep. 2025 Charrington’s background is not in sport but in private banking. Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025 Her achievement – which is still subject to usual ratification from Guinness World Records – was driven in part by her burning passion to improve access for women in sport. Ben Church, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025 The feature reaches its unnecessarily loudest in sport mode. James Raia, The Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2024 The world and those slowly eroding limitations on women in sport. Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 28 Nov. 2024 The issue of trans athletes competing in sport has remained, frustratingly, a heated debate. Julia Sullivan, SELF, 10 Aug. 2024 That clash of athleticism and formality in sport that only exists in England. Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 14 June 2024 Emily Harrington, a five-time U.S. national champion in sport climbing and one of Honnold’s good friends, knows it all too well. Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024

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“In sport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20sport. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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