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carry the day

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Later, in Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs, dissenting opinions raised the specter of a conflict, but their views did not carry the day.

From Slate

Trump reportedly is not a big fan of international travel but India is a trip he will probably be keen to make - to deepen his personal relationship with Modi and to advance a multifaceted bilateral partnership that extends well beyond the transactionalism that will carry the day in Washington this week.

From BBC

But playing defense and rejecting Trump and his allies’ cases won’t be enough to carry the day.

From Slate

The crackdown is incongruous, because Zimbabwe has a long history of street currency dealers whose unofficial rates often carry the day.

“City, county, police, prosecutors, we are all unified. We will not allow acts of violence to carry the day in our city.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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