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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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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

He was an unexpected winner of the Kentucky Derby, with most of the prerace attention going to Essential Quality, Hot Rod Charlie and Rock Your World.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2021

unexpected winner

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