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as in spheres
a more or less round body or mass
the little rubber ball used in racquetball a ball of string
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as in bullets
a usually round or cone-shaped little piece of lead made to be fired from a firearm
found a cache of musket balls while excavating the old fort
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as in dances
a social gathering for dancing
a ball to celebrate the inauguration
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Recent Examples of balls
Shindy Chen, Charlotte Observer, 5 Sep. 2025
Twice in this possession Lamb dropped deep balls that would have changed the game; the first would have put the Cowboys’ inside the Philadelphia 25-yard line.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
So many balls burst through my hands.
—James Wallace, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Now imagine implementing a different sound algorithm, testing it over several innings of the game and finding a particular hit that no legal combination of bats and balls could have produced.
—Bill Smith, JSTOR Daily, 4 Sep. 2025
What to know about Powerball To score a jackpot in the Powerball, a player must match all five white balls and the red Powerball.
—Don Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
Five of them will be white balls with numbers from 1 to 69.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
The odds to match all five white balls for a $1 million prize are 11,688,053-to-1.
—Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
How to play the Powerball To play, select five numbers from 1 to 69 for the white balls, then select one number from 1 to 26 for the red Powerball.
—Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2025
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Also, if the sesame balls with red bean paste pastries are available, then definitely try them for a post-noodle sweet treat.
—Shindy Chen, Charlotte Observer, 5 Sep. 2025
Twice in this possession Lamb dropped deep balls that would have changed the game; the first would have put the Cowboys’ inside the Philadelphia 25-yard line.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
So many balls burst through my hands.
—James Wallace, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Now imagine implementing a different sound algorithm, testing it over several innings of the game and finding a particular hit that no legal combination of bats and balls could have produced.
—Bill Smith, JSTOR Daily, 4 Sep. 2025
What to know about Powerball To score a jackpot in the Powerball, a player must match all five white balls and the red Powerball.
—Don Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
Five of them will be white balls with numbers from 1 to 69.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
The odds to match all five white balls for a $1 million prize are 11,688,053-to-1.
—Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
How to play the Powerball To play, select five numbers from 1 to 69 for the white balls, then select one number from 1 to 26 for the red Powerball.
—Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for balls
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The appeal rounds off a history of volatility surrounding the law since its debut on the House floor in early 2024.—
Angele Latham,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Sep. 2025
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This summer rounds out with one more celestial moonwalk, which promises to shake up our lives — but in a fun and exciting way.—
Lisa Stardust,
Refinery29,
4 Sep. 2025
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Each Slate truck that rolls off the assembly line will be exactly the same, in slate gray color, with manual window openers, and no radio.—
Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
10 Sep. 2025
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Cameras rolls this fall in the UK and Greece.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Balls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/balls. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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