foregone
Example Sentences
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“This started as a foregone conclusion. It didn’t look that way as we went forward. So, for our basketball team, the fact we didn’t give up makes it special. We fought.”
From Los Angeles Times
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.
In aggregate, families with children under the age of 5 lose about $134 billion a year in the form of foregone earnings and expenses.
From Barron's
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