as in reliable
not likely to fail
pizza seems like a surefire choice for a food that everyone at the party will be happy with
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Recent Examples of surefire
Hitting 15 greens in regulation is a surefire way to help those around-the-green woes.
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Justin Ray, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
More wearable tech news: Are Halliday's AI smart glasses an amazing new wearable or surefire way to cheat?
—Adam Smith, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
Indeed, ridiculous lyrics about the titular destination city paired with a throbbing, bouncy bass make this one into a total riot and a surefire weapon.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 7 Mar. 2025
And vaccination is the only surefire way to slow the spread of the wildly contagious disease.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2025
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Justin Ray, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
More wearable tech news: Are Halliday's AI smart glasses an amazing new wearable or surefire way to cheat?
—Adam Smith, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
Indeed, ridiculous lyrics about the titular destination city paired with a throbbing, bouncy bass make this one into a total riot and a surefire weapon.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 7 Mar. 2025
And vaccination is the only surefire way to slow the spread of the wildly contagious disease.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surefire
Adjective
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What was long known to be fixed and reliable is now fluid and frightening.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
23 Mar. 2025
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But don't just take it from us, pick up their new cookbook or explore their recipe archives (found for free on their site) filled with reliable formulas for all sorts of baked goods.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In one of Saturday’s upsets sure to bust more than a few brackets, No. 10-seed Arkansas took down No. 2 St. John’s 75-66.—
Andrew Torgan,
CNN,
23 Mar. 2025
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The chaos of disinformation, the constant noise in public life, rule of law disappearing, the beginnings of fear, the worry about communications privacy, and much else are the sure signs.—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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With this circuit, the overall system remains fail-safe in the event that one or more components fail.—
Wally Rippel,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 Mar. 2025
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Combining these steps listed above can help to create a fail-safe ecosystem designed for modern software environments.—
Eero Teerikorpi,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Surefire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surefire. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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