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foregone

[fawr-gawn, -gon, fawr-gawn, -gon] / fɔrˈgɔn, -ˈgɒn, ˈfɔrˌgɔn, -ˌgɒn /
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In his telling, every meeting packs a punchline, conclusions are never foregone and suspense is rarely more than a page or two away.

From The Wall Street Journal May 17, 2026

If that makes the outcome seem like a foregone conclusion, it ain’t necessarily so, thanks to Labour’s laborious internal democratic process.

From Salon May 12, 2026

Game 1 illustrated that it’s more like a foregone conclusion.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2026

Those triumphs were not exactly foregone conclusions given the travel sickness Howe's team previously suffered with.

From BBC Mar. 14, 2026

The way he talked, like everything he wanted was a foregone conclusion.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon



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