as in gamble
a risky undertaking
there are almost no sure bets in the movie business—almost everything is a crapshoot
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Recent Examples of crapshoot
If Tampa is running away with its game, this will be more of a crapshoot.
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Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2024
Being Too Specific About Your Travel Dates Booking plane tickets with points or miles can be a total crapshoot.
—Eric Rosen, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2024
Logan Webb is giving the team six, but everyone else is a crapshoot.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 23 May 2024
Baseball’s draft is the ultimate crapshoot, but this goes beyond front office ineptitude.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2024
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Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2024
Being Too Specific About Your Travel Dates Booking plane tickets with points or miles can be a total crapshoot.
—Eric Rosen, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2024
Logan Webb is giving the team six, but everyone else is a crapshoot.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 23 May 2024
Baseball’s draft is the ultimate crapshoot, but this goes beyond front office ineptitude.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for crapshoot
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crapshoot
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Whatever the game-plan was, the Kursk offensive was a gamble.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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But in many ways, the benefits to workers have remained a gamble while for farmers they're guaranteed.Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica, 29 Oct. 2024
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The filing also details the company's investment in seven joint ventures, with a 40%-50% ownership interest, contributing $909,207 to net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2024.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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Now the commission seeks to stop venture capitalist Vinod Khosla from turning coastal San Mateo County into his personal kingdom.Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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News on the luxury grapevine lifted shares of Burberry and EssilorLuxottica yesterday amid speculation that two major industry deals are underway.Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 5 Nov. 2024
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The news of Beau’s death, along with, now, the heartbreaking news of Jackie’s arrest in connection with his death has overwhelmed us with grief and speculation and confusion.Vicki Gerdes / Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Crapshoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crapshoot. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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