1
as in sphere
a more or less round body or mass
the little rubber ball used in racquetball a ball of string
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2
as in bullet
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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Recent Examples of ball
Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
Down the field, wide receiver Shayla Thevenin sprints across the artificial turf, making it to the ball in time to scoop it against her body.
—Buffy Gorrilla, NPR, 29 Mar. 2025
Edison 9, Newport Harbor 8: The Chargers won it in the bottom of the seventh on a passed ball.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025
Williams has also mixed in a curve ball on 13.46% of his pitches, and a slider for 13.46% of his offerings.
—Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Milwaukee will not be able to replace Lillard's ball handling, shot creation, or clutch late-game creativity.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
Down the field, wide receiver Shayla Thevenin sprints across the artificial turf, making it to the ball in time to scoop it against her body.
—Buffy Gorrilla, NPR, 29 Mar. 2025
Edison 9, Newport Harbor 8: The Chargers won it in the bottom of the seventh on a passed ball.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025
Williams has also mixed in a curve ball on 13.46% of his pitches, and a slider for 13.46% of his offerings.
—Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ball. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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