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Recent Examples of foregone conclusion
Signing the Littleton native seemed a foregone conclusion after his Homegrown status left him ineligible for the 2025 MLS SuperDraft.
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Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2025
Working from a short story by Isaac Asimov and the novel The Positronic Man, by Asimov and Robert Silverberg, Nicholas Kazan has concocted a surprisingly mechanical screenplay that marches through the decades toward a foregone conclusion without any sense of fun or inventiveness about the future.
—Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
Sensitive to losses and suffering, both said they are motivated by the belief that magnitude of destruction this week in Los Angeles and Altadena is not a foregone conclusion.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
However, Crosby is casting a wide shadow of his own for the Penguins — so large that supplanting Lemieux as the Penguins’ assists leader long ago seemed a foregone conclusion.
—Rob Rossi, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
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Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2025
Working from a short story by Isaac Asimov and the novel The Positronic Man, by Asimov and Robert Silverberg, Nicholas Kazan has concocted a surprisingly mechanical screenplay that marches through the decades toward a foregone conclusion without any sense of fun or inventiveness about the future.
—Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
Sensitive to losses and suffering, both said they are motivated by the belief that magnitude of destruction this week in Los Angeles and Altadena is not a foregone conclusion.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
However, Crosby is casting a wide shadow of his own for the Penguins — so large that supplanting Lemieux as the Penguins’ assists leader long ago seemed a foregone conclusion.
—Rob Rossi, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foregone conclusion
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Elias Pettersson and Adam Fox — One of the sure things of any short tournament is that a few star players will string together bad games and everyone will freak out, including people who’d be smart enough never to overreact to a bad three-game stretch in the regular season.—
Sean McIndoe,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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Because the voters have spoken: this is no sure thing.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
7 Feb. 2025
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The intrigue: Even though the state has a Democratic majority in both legislative chambers, last year's budget, which included tax increases, was not a slam dunk.—
Justin Kaufmann,
Axios,
19 Feb. 2025
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The Globetrotters already had won over millions of fans by popularizing the slam dunk, fast break and their legendary in-game weave, but the franchise’s fan base, now consisting of more than 148 million people in 123 countries and territories, saw an uptick then when the 7-footer wore the uniform.—
Zach Powell,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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The team is a lock to make its first NCAA tournament appearance since 2019.—
Tim Casey,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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Hyaluronic acid plumps and locks in moisture, promoting a more radiant and refreshed appearance for your eyes.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Foregone conclusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foregone%20conclusion. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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