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Examples of sure thing in a Sentence
he's a sure thing for the promotion: he's the most qualified candidate by far
Recent Examples on the Web
Again, there is no sure thing that these stocks needed to do poorly in the following year, as momentum stocks had positive returns 60% of the time, with a median return of 7.4%.
—Bill Stone, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
That, however, was no sure thing after Conforto’s 2023 season, one of the most trying of his career in terms of on-field performance.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024
The only sure thing in life, after death and taxes, is that the government is bad at technology.
—Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2024
But if uncertainty forms part of your everyday life, sure things can seem as risky as ostensibly uncertain alternatives.
—Iese Business School, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1767, in the meaning defined above
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“Sure thing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sure%20thing. Accessed 12 Jun. 2024.
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