Explore Ballmer through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Ballmer in a sentence
Ballmer meaning
A surname.
Using Ballmer
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname.
- In the example corpus, ballmer often appears in combinations such as: steve ballmer, ballmer group, microsoft ballmer.
Context around Ballmer
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ballmer
- In this selection, "ballmer" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, steve, off, year, group, served and jokes stand out and add context to how "ballmer" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after all ballmer s envisioned and and the ballmer group who. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ballmer" sits close to words such as abrasion, abscess and aced, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ballmer
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Since leaving Microsoft, Ballmer has leaned heavily into philanthropy. (9 words)
It’s an even better time to be Steve Ballmer. (10 words)
Did Blake Griffin sprint away from the Clippers owner Steve Ballmer on purpose? (13 words)
Ballmer decided the Clippers needed their own home to complete their move out of the shadows of the Lakers' 17 NBA championships and the accompanying banners on the walls of the shared arena, and the billionaire quickly got it done. (40 words)
The Clippers will move into their new stadium, the Intuit Dome, in August ahead of the 2024/25 season as Ballmer revealed his side could longer "live in the shadow" of their city rivals. (34 words)
But at Microsoft’s recent annual developers conference, Nadella took actions that killed off Ballmer’s ghost — Microsoft now is clearly Nadella’s company, and Ballmer’s influence has been laid to rest. (33 words)
Did Blake Griffin sprint away from the Clippers owner Steve Ballmer on purpose? (13 words)
Example sentences (20)
Ballmer’s attitude is symptomatic of a larger ethos in Silicon Valley and other big tech cities like Seattle, where Ballmer served as ‘s CEO for 14 years.
But at Microsoft’s recent annual developers conference, Nadella took actions that killed off Ballmer’s ghost — Microsoft now is clearly Nadella’s company, and Ballmer’s influence has been laid to rest.
About the NBA’s collective bargaining agreement, which expires next year, Ballmer jokes that team owners are “under threat of death” from Commissioner Adam Silver for talking publicly about the matter.
Ballmer, a classmate of Bill Gates’ at Harvard University, ran Microsoft as its CEO from 2000 to 2014.
Clippers owner Steve Ballmer was fired up about all the toilets that will be in the team’s new arena.
A decade after buying the Clippers, Ballmer is still thinking creatively about how to revamp the franchise.
Aug 18, 2014; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer at press conference at Staples Center.
Ballmer decided the Clippers needed their own home to complete their move out of the shadows of the Lakers' 17 NBA championships and the accompanying banners on the walls of the shared arena, and the billionaire quickly got it done.
In that role, Mr. Kelly raised big money from billionaires who care about gun violence like Marc Benioff, Ron Conway, Connie Ballmer and Michael R. Bloomberg.
Since leaving Microsoft, Ballmer has leaned heavily into philanthropy.
The Clippers will move into their new stadium, the Intuit Dome, in August ahead of the 2024/25 season as Ballmer revealed his side could longer "live in the shadow" of their city rivals.
He joins The Anthony and Jeanne Pritzker Family Foundation and the Ballmer Group, who have each contributed $250,000 to start the effort.
In January 2000, Gates, then 44, turned the chief executive job over to Steve Ballmer.
The Los Angeles County's Office of Education and the Los Angeles Unified School District each received a $250,000 donation from The Ballmer Group.
After all, Ballmer's envisioned 18,500-seat arena could be quite the recruiting chip for future free agents.
Ballmer didn't want to wake his wife's family sleeping in the house at the time, but he reacted the only way he knows how: He let out a scream.
Ballmer hung out by the sidelines while finished his pre-game shooting routine, and once he was done, went in for a handshake.
Did Blake Griffin sprint away from the Clippers owner Steve Ballmer on purpose?
It helped that, in 2014, Satya Nadella succeeded Steve Ballmer as CEO, bringing with him an approach characterized more by humility than hubris.
It’s an even better time to be Steve Ballmer.
Common combinations with ballmer
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: