Thesaurus results for PITCHES IN

pitches in

verb

present tense third-person singular of pitch in

as in contributes

to make a donation as part of a group effort everyone at the office pitched in to buy a gift for the soon-to-be-wed couple

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Recent Examples of pitches in Angels starter Ryan Johnson managed to give up one run in five innings despite issuing four of his five walks and throwing 60 of his 88 pitches in the first two innings. — Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026 Starting with the bottom of the Athletics’ order, Bradley struck out three batters on nine pitches in the fifth inning. — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Following the events of 1989, mourners would converge on the same day every year in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay district, to attend a vigil that filled multiple soccer pitches in the neighborhood’s Victoria Park with candlelight. — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026 Glasnow walked two, didn’t give up a hit and threw 67 pitches in 3⅔ innings. — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2026 Cubs closer Jacob Webb picked up the save on 13 pitches in the ninth. — Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026 Misiorowski and Ureña each struck out the side on 10 pitches in the first and the pair combined to throw 10 pitches at 100 mph or more. — ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026 Wilyer Abreu and Wilson Contreras homered on back-to-back pitches in the eighth inning, Sonny Gray went seven innings for his 13th win of the season, and the Boston Red Sox rallied to beat the Athletics 5-4 on Thursday night. — CBS News, 31 July 2026 Right-hander Sonny Gray struggled to command several pitches in his expansive mix, but managed to complete seven innings nonetheless (97 pitches, 63 strikes). — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 31 July 2026

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This contributes to a total of 180 stores across the country that the German grocer plans on opening this year.

— Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Nigeria, which contributes the most to MTN’s subscriber base and revenues, is a particularly competitive arena, with more than 400 licensed digital money lenders.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026

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For comparison, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s largest foundry, began mass-producing 7nm chips in 2018 and can achieve yields exceeding 90%, depending on factors including chip design and die size.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
Ting points out that the company works with MiniMax and SenseTime models, and can use Nvidia chips in its operations.

— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026

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