How to Use all but certain to in a Sentence

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• But those measures, too, were all but certain to die in the Senate.
  — New York Times, 2 June 2022
• Should Republicans be in charge of the House at that point, work is all but certain to stop.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 26 Sep. 2022
• The two are polling dead even for both rounds of voting and are all but certain to face each other two weeks from now in the runoff election.
  — Grayson Quay, The Week, 10 Apr. 2022
• The issue is all but certain to resurface as the case continues.
  — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2022
• Countries are all but certain to leave Glasgow short of achieving that goal.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Nov. 2021
• An election next month is all but certain to determine who that will be.
  — Time, 26 May 2021
• The death count, and the relentless heartbreak, are all but certain to continue.
  — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 10 Jan. 2023
• One change that is all but certain to last is employees spending more of their time working at home.
  — The Economist, 3 Dec. 2020
• Irrespective of whether Trump runs again, Trumpism as a movement is all but certain to be on the ballot.
  — Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2021
• McCarthy lost the support of more than a dozen Republicans, leaving him all but certain to fail in the first vote for speaker.
  — Jacob Scholl, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Jan. 2023
• As the incumbent, Klutz is all but certain to be tapped by Republicans.
  — Kaitlin Lange, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Nov. 2021
• The Huracán Sterrato is all but certain to be one of three new models that Lamborghini launches between now and the end of the year.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 26 July 2022
• The uncertainty around Smith is all but certain to spill over to the production company.
  — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Mar. 2022
• The conventional wisdom in Washington would indicate that the Democrats are all but certain to lose the House in 2022, and very likely the Senate, too.
  — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2022
• In light of Friday’s inflation reading, the Fed is all but certain to implement the fastest series of interest rate hikes in three decades.
  — Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2022
• In a last-gasp effort that is all but certain to fail, the president's Republican allies in the House and Senate plan to object to the election results.
  — Matt Delong, Star Tribune, 6 Jan. 2021
• At a Communist Party congress this week, Xi Jinping, the country’s top leader for the last 10 years, is all but certain to secure another five years in the job.
  — Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2022
• Republicans oppose the bill, meaning that a vote to end debate on it is all but certain to fail without ending the filibuster.
  — Grace Segers, CBS News, 2 June 2021
• All three Portland-area counties are all but certain to open severe weather shelters Wednesday night.
  — oregonlive, 21 Feb. 2023
• And the court's docket for the term that begins in October is all but certain to have major repercussions for the 2024 presidential election.
  — Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2022
• Spending records are all but certain to be set this year in some states, said Douglas Keith, the Brennan Center’s counsel for democracy programs.
  — Michael Wines, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2022
• Among Republicans, increasingly confident of gaining control of the House, the ranks of the right-wing Freedom Caucus are all but certain to grow.
  — Susan Page, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2022
• Although the bill is all but certain to clear the House of Delegates and become law, lawmakers are already bracing for a court fight over whether the measure is constitutional.
  — Erin Cox, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
• Still, progressive leaders and activists in his district are skeptical of the depth of his commitment and say Auchincloss is all but certain to face a primary challenge from the left.
  — Victoria McGrane, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Feb. 2021
• The upcoming votes, in territory Russia already controls, are all but certain to go Moscow’s way.
  — Jon Gambrell, ajc, 20 Sep. 2022
• Europe is caught up in a war that could escalate without warning or limit—as well as an energy crisis that’s all but certain to cause a severe recession.
  — Jason Zweig, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2022
• Abbott, a Republican, named the elections legislation a top priority and is all but certain to sign whatever gets to his desk.
  — Dallas News, 27 Aug. 2021
• The last-gasp effort is all but certain to fail, defeated by bipartisan majorities in Congress prepared to accept the November results.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2021
• Paging through the resulting investigation—and seeing how the pieces all fit together—is all but certain to be a rewarding experience.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 11 Jan. 2023
• With President Biden appearing all but certain to run again, concerns are growing over whether Kamala Harris, who is trying to define her vice presidency, will be a liability for the ticket.
  — Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2023

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