as in lock
one that is certain to succeed
a shoo-in for the position of secretary of state
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Recent Examples of shoo-in
With two games to play, Cal (22-7, 10-6) sits in seventh place and should be a shoo-in for an at-large bid barring a disaster in the ACC tournament next week in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025
And the processor is likely to be the A18, found in the iPhone 16, as this offers compatibility with Apple Intelligence, surely a shoo-in for the new phone?
—David Phelan, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Until a month ago, Mr. Poilievre, 45, appeared to be a shoo-in to become Canada’s next leader after having built a double-digit lead in the polls by channeling national frustration and anger at the deeply unpopular prime minister, Justin Trudeau.
—Norimitsu Onishi, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Connor Hellebuyck is a shoo-in for the Vezina and might get some Hart love, but the rest of this team is also humming along pretty well.
—Arthur Staple, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
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Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025
And the processor is likely to be the A18, found in the iPhone 16, as this offers compatibility with Apple Intelligence, surely a shoo-in for the new phone?
—David Phelan, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Until a month ago, Mr. Poilievre, 45, appeared to be a shoo-in to become Canada’s next leader after having built a double-digit lead in the polls by channeling national frustration and anger at the deeply unpopular prime minister, Justin Trudeau.
—Norimitsu Onishi, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Connor Hellebuyck is a shoo-in for the Vezina and might get some Hart love, but the rest of this team is also humming along pretty well.
—Arthur Staple, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoo-in
Noun
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Brown styled her golden locks in a bun with bangs for the Los Angeles premiere of her new Netflix film The Electric State on Feb. 24 alongside her husband Jake Bongiovi.—
Latoya Gayle,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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Speaking of pets, the Roomba also has a child and pet lock that prevents accidental starts.—
Ho Lin,
Miami Herald,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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There was no late-breaking progress in contract talks, no additional certainty on Vancouver’s end that the player might be more amenable to a shorter-term deal.—
Thomas Drance,
The Athletic,
8 Mar. 2025
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Organizations that embrace learning over rigid certainty perform better in volatile environments.—
Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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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With an ergonomic design that has flat, easy-to-grip sides, the cup makes swigging a cinch.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
7 Jan. 2025
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The burglary was a cinch because none of Slowjamastan’s 22,000 citizens (citizenship may be acquired on the internet and does not require residency or birthright, just a vow against Crocs) were on the land at the time.—
Noah Goldberg,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Feb. 2025
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“Shoo-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoo-in. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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