as in lock
one that is certain to succeed
since he was trying his first case, the assistant district attorney was assigned a burglary case that was a slam dunk
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Recent Examples of slam dunk
But Skydance, to me, didn’t feel like some sort of slam dunk.
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Josef Adalian, Vulture, 13 June 2024
All roads lead to the big state championship, where Freeland scored another slam dunk: the pre-production schedule perfectly aligned with an actual 2023 state tournament.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 27 Sep. 2024
Still, Sohn believes bipartisan support for the ACP should make reauthorizing it a political slam dunk for Democrats.
—Lillian Rizzo, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2024
Read on to understand why Jordan’s journey to offloading the colossal property was not exactly a slam dunk.
—Megan Johnson, Architectural Digest, 19 Sep. 2024
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Josef Adalian, Vulture, 13 June 2024
All roads lead to the big state championship, where Freeland scored another slam dunk: the pre-production schedule perfectly aligned with an actual 2023 state tournament.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 27 Sep. 2024
Still, Sohn believes bipartisan support for the ACP should make reauthorizing it a political slam dunk for Democrats.
—Lillian Rizzo, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2024
Read on to understand why Jordan’s journey to offloading the colossal property was not exactly a slam dunk.
—Megan Johnson, Architectural Digest, 19 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slam dunk
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While nothing is guaranteed in sports, Mahomes throwing for a single yard on Monday Night Football is close to a lock.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Katie Hafner: In this way, tamoxifen acts like a key broken off in a lock.Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2024
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So, the 26-year-old returning to the Bronx is no sure thing.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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She’s got one foot out the door, too sure things will fail, and frankly, Carmy’s not helping.Marah Eakin, Vulture, 27 June 2024
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The certainty of the data is why our reports focus on the production costs of movies rather than their marketing costs or merchandise and home entertainment revenues.Caroline Reid, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The legal standard is something called reasonable certainty of no harm.Jonquilyn Hill, Vox, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Slam dunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slam%20dunk. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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