How to Use too close to call in a Sentence

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  • Breaking down the matchup by the numbers is too close to call.
    Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
  • As of Wednesday evening, that race is too close to call.
    Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 10 Nov. 2022
  • As of Tuesday night, the House District 90 race was too close to call.
    John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 7 May 2024
  • The presidential race was still too close to call in the state and in the country.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2023
  • On Tuesday night, hours after the polls had closed, many of the key races were too close to call.
    Katherine Rosman, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Not by accident Biden vs. Trump too close to call in three key states, poll finds.
    Hartford Courant, 4 June 2024
  • That time, the election was too close to call, and again there were complaints that the election was tainted.
    Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 6 May 2024
  • One acting race remains too close to call at the Oscars.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Analysts say the race is again too close to call, via Gillian Brassil.
    Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Potsie is currently losing by 36 votes in the race, which is still too close to call.
    Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2022
  • The race was still too close to call Tuesday, with challenger Alida Fisher in fourth place with 16% of the vote.
    Chronicle Staff, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The fight was too close to call until the very end, when the announcement of Mendoza's win shocked Samadova into tears.
    NBC News, 30 July 2024
  • Dixon, who left her party before 11 p.m., said before her departure that the race was too close to call.
    Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 14 May 2024
  • One consensus forecast puts the GOP as likely to gain a seat, hitting 50, with two seats — one being Brown's — too close to call.
    Brady Dale, Axios, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Don’t make matters worse | Editorial Biden vs. Trump too close to call in three key states, poll finds.
    Sun Sentinel, 4 June 2024
  • The vote remains too close to call, and the Secretary of State’s Office has until April 12 to certify results.
    Lindsey Holden, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The race was too close to call after 22 hours, when a mistake by a Toyota driver under braking cost them their chance of catching the Ferrari.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 21 June 2023
  • The outcome of a special election to more than double a parcel tax for Los Gatos and Saratoga residents was too close to call as of press time on May 14.
    Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024
  • The most recent vote, which has remained too close to call since 2022, is being reviewed in a legal hearing expected to last most of the summer.
    Alina Selyukh, NPR, 18 June 2024
  • Four years later, electronic systems proved decisive in a finish that, to the human eye, was too close to call.
    Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
  • But in districts too close to call, Democratic candidates are silent.
    Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 9 July 2024
  • But with 60% of voters required to approve a constitutional amendment, the race is too close to call.
    Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Final ballots were still being counted in some races as of Nov. 9, including in some key states like Nevada,, where the race remained too close to call.
    Thom Reilly, The Conversation, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Republicans are likely to get two more seats in California, and the last two seats are still too close to call, even with more than 90 percent of the votes counted.
    Tori Otten, The New Republic, 17 Nov. 2022
  • For the 10 marquee awards, the vote was unanimous in three categories, near-unanimous in three others, with four simply too close to call.
    Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
  • In addition to best musical, there are plenty of other races that are seemingly too close to call.
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 13 June 2024
  • The Western Conference playoff race is too close to call entering the final day of the regular season.
    Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 13 Apr. 2024
  • Some races, including key congressional primaries and a high-profile GOP faceoff for the county recorder's seat, remained too close to call.
    Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 1 Aug. 2024
  • This is only the latest poll to show a potential Biden and Trump rematch as practically too close to call, given most surveys' margins of error.
    Julia Johnson, Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Republicans appear on track to take the House majority, but by the barest of margins, nonpartisan analysts say with more than a dozen races still too close to call.
    Natalie Andrews, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2022

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