in the ballpark

phrase

: approximately correct

my first guess wasn't even in the ballpark

Examples of in the ballpark in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The other aces on both sides who have been under the glare in these types of Red Sox-Yankees games didn’t have to deal with social media, the creativity of the fans in the ballpark was rough enough. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026

Edvinsson’s heavier role likely slots him in a bit higher, but still in the ballpark of $8 million annually. — Max Bultman, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

In the comics, a Lantern’s ring has several powers in the ballpark of creating physical objects out of light and pure will, but none of them to date — save for John, in one specific story — have been able to store someone’s consciousness. — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 17 Aug. 2026

Johnston and Sullivan challenged Triples Alley, but on both occasions, Oracle Park’s spacious dimensions and San Francisco’s cold weather kept those balls in the ballpark. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for in the ballpark

• arc
• ark
• bark
• barque
• dark
• hark
• lark
• marc
• mark
• marque
• narc
• quark