strike zone

noun

: the area over home plate through which a pitched baseball must pass to be called a strike

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Matt Gaetz was a wild pitch even with Donald Trump's strike zone. —

NBC News, 24 Nov. 2024 But Sale, who wasn’t helped by Jorge Soler’s right-field defense nor the umpire’s strike zone, didn’t make it out of the fifth inning of an 8-5 loss that extended the Braves’ skid to four and left them two games behind NL wild-card leaders the Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres. —

David O'Brien, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024 Musicals aren’t necessarily in Burton’s strike zone: There’s an urgency and naked earnestness to them, a plain eagerness to please, that doesn’t come naturally to Burton. —

Will Leitch, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2024 Game 3 —The home-plate umpire has a generous strike zone tonight. —

Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for strike zone