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as in dives
an act or instance of diving
the daring pitch of the escaped prisoner into the swirling ocean waters at the base of the cliff
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as in slopes
the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon
the steep pitch of the roof makes it too dangerous to walk on
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as in erects
to fix in an upright position
needed help pitching a tent
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as in rocks
to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions
the ship pitched in the choppy sea
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as in throws
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm
pitched the baseball almost 50 feet
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as in discards
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
we decided to pitch that whole system and start over again
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as in promotes
to provide publicity for
the cutting-edge ad agency was hired to pitch our products to a younger generation of consumers
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as in tilts
to set or cause to be at an angle
the roof should be pitched steeply enough to prevent an excessive accumulation of snow
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Recent Examples of pitches
Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
Bauer threw 84 pitches, striking out seven hitters and walking just one to lose out on the perfect game.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Statcast measures how many overturned calls a particular team achieves compared to how the average team would fare seeing the same pitches.
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
On Saturday, Weathers also walked none, struck out four and permitted six hits over 86 pitches.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2026
That loaded the bases with nobody out, ending McLean’s day at 91 pitches.
—Peter Sblendorio, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026
Robbie Ray grinded through five innings of one-run ball, totaling three walks to four strikeouts and throwing 97 pitches.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2026
Crochet walked Gleyber Torres on four pitches and allowed a single to Vierling to put two men on, and that brought up Dingler, who drove a 3-1 fastball just over the wall by the center field flagpole.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026
Burrows began the fifth inning at 52 pitches.
—Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2026
Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
The agency pitches itself as a one-stop shop for affordable housing financing and says by simplifying a complicated funding process developers can build cheaper.
—Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
For seasoned songwriters, Shulman pitches Suno as a supercharger.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026
Instead, the company pitches it to a more general professional audience.
—Tony Hoffman, PC Magazine, 11 Apr. 2026
This pitches the family into a year-long journey of the child referencing her past lives—and deaths.
—Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026
Brad Raffensperger pitches himself as a calmer alternative in the governor’s race.
—Adam Beam, AJC.com, 6 Apr. 2026
There will be plenty of major league scouts with radar guns behind the backstop when Connor pitches this spring.
—Charley Walters, Twin Cities, 4 Apr. 2026
Ditto Dor, a former ballerina who pitches her character’s upwardly mobile striver somewhere between sultry slapstick and interpretive dance.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2026
Noun
The sweeper has accounted for only 14% of his pitches thrown this year, well behind his four-seam fastball and splitter usage.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
Bauer threw 84 pitches, striking out seven hitters and walking just one to lose out on the perfect game.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Statcast measures how many overturned calls a particular team achieves compared to how the average team would fare seeing the same pitches.
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
On Saturday, Weathers also walked none, struck out four and permitted six hits over 86 pitches.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2026
That loaded the bases with nobody out, ending McLean’s day at 91 pitches.
—Peter Sblendorio, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026
Robbie Ray grinded through five innings of one-run ball, totaling three walks to four strikeouts and throwing 97 pitches.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2026
Crochet walked Gleyber Torres on four pitches and allowed a single to Vierling to put two men on, and that brought up Dingler, who drove a 3-1 fastball just over the wall by the center field flagpole.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026
Burrows began the fifth inning at 52 pitches.
—Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2026
Verb
Player of the week Senior left-hander Will Bemrich pitches a no-hitter with seven strikeouts in Mundelein’s 10-1 North Suburban Conference win over Stevenson on April 13 as the Parkland commit allows just five hits in his first 16 innings this season.
—Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
The agency pitches itself as a one-stop shop for affordable housing financing and says by simplifying a complicated funding process developers can build cheaper.
—Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
For seasoned songwriters, Shulman pitches Suno as a supercharger.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026
Instead, the company pitches it to a more general professional audience.
—Tony Hoffman, PC Magazine, 11 Apr. 2026
This pitches the family into a year-long journey of the child referencing her past lives—and deaths.
—Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026
Brad Raffensperger pitches himself as a calmer alternative in the governor’s race.
—Adam Beam, AJC.com, 6 Apr. 2026
There will be plenty of major league scouts with radar guns behind the backstop when Connor pitches this spring.
—Charley Walters, Twin Cities, 4 Apr. 2026
Ditto Dor, a former ballerina who pitches her character’s upwardly mobile striver somewhere between sultry slapstick and interpretive dance.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pitches
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Running along the slopes of the three-peak Burroughs Mountains, this open and exposed route has some of the best views of Rainier itself.—
Zoe Baillargeon,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Apr. 2026
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The eastern red varietal, specifically, is red and yellow and pops well in meadows and rocky slopes.—
Ashley Chalmers,
The Spruce,
26 Apr. 2026
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The university erects a study tent inside K-Ville with desks and power strips to charge laptops and phones.—
David Ubben,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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This approach still erects a financial barrier for the hundreds of thousands of San Diego County residents who have supported Balboa Park institutions for generations.—
Judy Gradwohl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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Most Influential Companies issue that dives deeper into 20 sectors to look at the companies shaping their industries.—
TIME Contributors,
Time,
29 Apr. 2026
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The sequel dives further into the curse as a new generation of Owens women discovers the secret of their family history.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2026
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Woody Harrelson rocks a newsboy cap at the premiere of Animal Farm in New York City on April 21.—
Katie Hill,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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Huang throws the first group dinner of the series and, when confronted with both the rumors and the lying, quits on the spot.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
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Dubbing herself a spin pitcher who doesn’t focus on velocity, Sheehan still throws hard, usually hitting between 59 and 64 mph.—
Rick Armstrong,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Try the Storm Chaser, which sends you into a zero-gravity fall, catches you in a funnel, then discards you into a pool below.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Feb. 2026
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At the same time, Gans discards the psychological and spatial logic that gave meaning to the original telling’s dream-like sense of disorientation.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2026
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School gardening also promotes an increase in vegetable consumption.—
Shelley Mitchell,
The Conversation,
23 Apr. 2026
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Heat Dairy and non-dairy yogurts are made through a fermentation process that promotes the growth of certain beneficial bacterial strains.—
Heidi Moawad,
Verywell Health,
23 Apr. 2026
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The map eliminates four Democrat-leaning districts, including one Hispanic majority district in Central Florida, and tilts the balance of the Florida delegation even more red.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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About 1 in 6 households nationwide has a net worth above $1 million, and, because the occasional billionaire tilts the scale, the average American family has passed that seven-figure benchmark.—
Matthew Lynn,
Washington Post,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Pitches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pitches. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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