home run
noun
1
: a hit in baseball that enables the batter to make a complete circuit of the bases and score a run
2
: an impressive success
the president's speech was a home run
Examples of home run in a Sentence
He hit three home runs.
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He was named an All-Star for the first time and won his first Silver Slugger Award after hitting 44 home runs with 102 RBI and 91 runs scored with a .814 OPS.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Among 85 billion-dollar entrepreneurs who built billion-dollar ventures from scratch, 94% chose the latter.
· VC-Success: VC is a high-risk, high-reward game with VCs succeeding only in about 19% of their investments and hitting a home run in only about 1%.
—Dileep Rao, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
Durbin set career-highs with 25 doubles, 10 home runs and a .451 slugging percentage last season, adding some pop to a .275 average, .388 on-base percentage, 60 RBI, 31 steals and a 9.9 K%.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
In Soto’s 35 games at Citi Field, the left-handed hitter scored 12 home runs, 26 RBI’s and had an on-base percentage of .466 and .709 slugging.
—Jessica Golden, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2024
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Among 85 billion-dollar entrepreneurs who built billion-dollar ventures from scratch, 94% chose the latter.
· VC-Success: VC is a high-risk, high-reward game with VCs succeeding only in about 19% of their investments and hitting a home run in only about 1%.
—Dileep Rao, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
Durbin set career-highs with 25 doubles, 10 home runs and a .451 slugging percentage last season, adding some pop to a .275 average, .388 on-base percentage, 60 RBI, 31 steals and a 9.9 K%.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
In Soto’s 35 games at Citi Field, the left-handed hitter scored 12 home runs, 26 RBI’s and had an on-base percentage of .466 and .709 slugging.
—Jessica Golden, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Home run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20run. Accessed 20 Dec. 2024.
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