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Recent Examples of gimme
Continuing a troubling trend, an opponent was first to the puck with Martin Pospisil tapping in the gimme with 36.1 seconds left in the period.
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Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 23 Feb. 2024
And with New York dropping the first two games of what was supposed to be a gimme stretch against bottom-feeders, the Knicks’ margin for error is all but gone.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2025
New York owned an 18-0 record against the bottom-four seeds in either the Eastern or Western Conference before coughing up what should have been a gimme victory in San Antonio.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
The Sharks’ first goal was a gimme, a softy by Smith.
—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
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Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 23 Feb. 2024
And with New York dropping the first two games of what was supposed to be a gimme stretch against bottom-feeders, the Knicks’ margin for error is all but gone.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2025
New York owned an 18-0 record against the bottom-four seeds in either the Eastern or Western Conference before coughing up what should have been a gimme victory in San Antonio.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
The Sharks’ first goal was a gimme, a softy by Smith.
—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gimme
Noun
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Though if Minnesota were to sell on the lower end, say for $1.5 billion, its walkaway number would be much lower unless the potential buyer agreed to absorb all of the debt, a scenario that is unlikely.—
Ken Rosenthal,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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Donald Trump is suffering an historic descent in the campaign’s final days, an ongoing freefall that’s turning what looked like a walkaway for the former president into what’s most likely a Kamala Harris victory.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
2 Nov. 2024
Noun
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And Wednesday’s double, which when combined with Max Muncy’s three-run homer three batters later turned what had been a close game into a six-run laugher.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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Tiger won the final leg of the slam in an eight-shot romp at St. Andrews one month after getting the third piece — a 15-shot laugher at Pebble Beach.—
Justin Ray,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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As stars sit around, waiting for a random ring that will change their life, often surrounded by TV cameras ready to broadcast the moment to the world, they’re reduced to sitting ducks.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Maybe instead of rats the cartoon should show sitting ducks.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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My memoir was built of gaps, juxtaposition, weird little nothings.—
Cheri Lucas Rowlands,
Longreads,
16 Dec. 2024
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The one whose legs turned nothings into somethings, improvising the Lions’ entire defensive game plan into a pile of ash?—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
10 Feb. 2024
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“Gimme.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gimme. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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