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box score
noun
: a printed score of a game (such as baseball) giving the names and positions of the players and a record of the play arranged in tabular form
broadly
: total count : summary
Examples of box score in a Sentence
reading the box scores in the newspaper
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—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
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LAFC advanced to the Round of 16 in the U.S. Open Cup with a 3-1 win against the Las Vegas Lights at Cashman Field on Wednesday night.
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And the line from a baseball box score showed that one player, who started the game at Ebbets Field playing first base for the host Brooklyn Dodgers, was hitless in three official at-bats.
—Scott Talley, Detroit Free Press, 14 Apr. 2024
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José Caballero homered, Tampa Bay scored two runs on a wild pitch in the first inning, and the Rays wrapped up their road trip with a 4-2 victory over the Angels on Wednesday.
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From the Associated Press: Cole Perfetti scored twice and Kyle Connor contributed a trio of assists as the Winnipeg Jets ended a six-game losing skid with a 4-3 victory over the Kings on Monday.
—Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
from its arrangement in a newspaper box
First Known Use
1896, in the meaning defined above
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Cite this Entry
“Box score.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/box%20score. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
box score
noun
: a printed table giving the score of a game (as baseball), a record of how it was played, and the names and positions of the players
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