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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For example, 20 collegiate men’s and women’s basketball teams, their families, friends and fans will arrive in the Bahamas over Thanksgiving week.
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Doug Gollan, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
Joe was a formidable basketball player into adulthood and could often be found at pick-up games at the YMCA.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2024
The pair set their sights on Kirk Fraser, a Black director who helmed the ESPN doc Without Bias about Len Bias, the college basketball player who died two days after going second in the NBA draft.
—Peter White, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2024
The newspaper once voted in 2005 that Wolf, a Kohler, Wis., native was the greatest high school basketball player in the state’s history.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 27 Sep. 2024
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Doug Gollan, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
Joe was a formidable basketball player into adulthood and could often be found at pick-up games at the YMCA.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2024
The pair set their sights on Kirk Fraser, a Black director who helmed the ESPN doc Without Bias about Len Bias, the college basketball player who died two days after going second in the NBA draft.
—Peter White, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2024
The newspaper once voted in 2005 that Wolf, a Kohler, Wis., native was the greatest high school basketball player in the state’s history.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 27 Sep. 2024
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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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