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unexpected winner

NOUN

dark horse

Synonyms

STRONGEST

also-ran long shot sleeper underdog

WEAK

hundred-to-one shot improbability little chance little opportunity outside chance outside shot poor bet poor lookout poor possibility poor prognosis poor prospect slim chance small chance stalking horse unknown unknown quantity unlikelihood unlikely winner upsetter

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The Big West next year will become the last major conference to launch a baseball championship tournament, and with it the possibility of an unexpected winner earning the conference an extra spot in the regionals.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2024

Plus: Heather Tal Murphy homes in on the unexpected winner of the OpenAI meltdown.

From Slate • Nov. 20, 2023

Out of 233 entries, the unexpected winner was the iconoclastic and largely unknown young Danish architect Jorn Utzon.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2023

“House of the Dragon,” the HBO prequel to “Game of Thrones,” was a slightly unexpected winner for best television drama.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2023

And while we know we’ll take plenty of heat for crowning a Wal-Mart sauce, the unexpected winner might help assure readers of our methodology.

From Washington Post • Jun. 29, 2022

unexpected winner

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