foregone conclusion
Example Sentences
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Those triumphs were not exactly foregone conclusions given the travel sickness Howe's team previously suffered with.
From BBC
California currently has the highest average gasoline price at $5.14, but the $6 price level as an average for the state is not a foregone conclusion just yet, De Haan said.
From MarketWatch
What we know now—that the ground phase of the Gulf War proved a 100-hour testament to American martial prowess—was no foregone conclusion.
“It’s a bounce back from the extreme selloff we saw in software based on a foregone conclusion that AI would be the end of software,” said David Miller, chief investment officer for Catalyst Mutual Funds.
The Premier League's relegation battle was in danger of looking like a foregone conclusion only a couple of weeks ago.
From BBC
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