play-off

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Noun
  • The Heat, which went 6-0 in Las Vegas and won the summer league championship last year, will play its second of at least five games in Las Vegas this year on Sunday against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 12 July 2025
  • Typically, teams will visit the White House after winning a championship to celebrate with the president.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • El Tri advanced with a 1-0 win over Honduras in the semifinals, a match defined by Raúl Jiménez’s poise in the box and a back line that bent but didn’t break.
    Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 5 July 2025
  • Freese grabbed the spotlight in the shootout win over the Central Americans in the semifinals after the team played to a 2-2 draw after 90 minutes.
    Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • Chloe Kelly, who scored the game-winning goal in the 2022 final vs. Germany, gained 248,000 Instagram followers in August 2022 alone and another 149,000 in August 2023 during the Lionesses’ World Cup run.
    Molly Geary, Sportico.com, 5 July 2025
  • But their two-best players were defensive liabilities, so much that Thibodeau had to go stretches on end with one of Towns or Brunson on the bench for defensive purposes in the conference finals against the Pacers.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • Seattle’s Cal Raleigh — the majors’ home run leader — Minnesota’s Byron Buxton, Washington’s James Wood, Atlanta’s Ronald Acuña Jr., Pittsburgh’s Oneil Cruz, Tampa Bay’s Junior Caminero and Sacramento’s Brent Rooker all agreed to participate in the derby before Chisholm was announced.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 11 July 2025
  • His final goal for the club was the winner over Everton in the Merseyside derby on April 2.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 11 July 2025
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“Play-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/play-off. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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