in doubt
idiom
: in a state of being uncertain or unsure
The outcome was in doubt until the final seconds of the game.
The future of the company remains very much in doubt.
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Moreover, with a few players’ future in doubt, Liverpool probably wants to avoid a total overhaul this summer.
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Henry Flynn, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Maryland is targeting five of its ailing watersheds for a concentrated push to restore them — but the state’s budget crisis has put funding for the effort in doubt.
—Timothy Wheeler, Baltimore Sun, 17 Mar. 2025
Still, Vancouver was never under duress, and the result was rarely in doubt, especially after Quinn Hughes and Tyler Myers scored on back-to-back shifts late in the first period.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
The contribution by America must now be to some degree in doubt, not today or tomorrow, but over the next few years and certainly as long as Trump and people like him are in control in Washington.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
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Henry Flynn, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Maryland is targeting five of its ailing watersheds for a concentrated push to restore them — but the state’s budget crisis has put funding for the effort in doubt.
—Timothy Wheeler, Baltimore Sun, 17 Mar. 2025
Still, Vancouver was never under duress, and the result was rarely in doubt, especially after Quinn Hughes and Tyler Myers scored on back-to-back shifts late in the first period.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
The contribution by America must now be to some degree in doubt, not today or tomorrow, but over the next few years and certainly as long as Trump and people like him are in control in Washington.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
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“In doubt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20doubt. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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