foregone conclusion
noun
1
: a conclusion that has preceded argument or examination
2
: an inevitable result : certainty
the victory was a foregone conclusion
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If the two sides cannot reach an agreement, IATSE would likely call for a strike authorization vote, though that is not, as yet, a foregone conclusion.
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Gene Maddaus, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
An election in Putin’s Russia is a foregone conclusion — a regime going through the motions of democracy without any of its actual convictions.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024
But in a year when the presidential match-up already seems a foregone conclusion, the highest-profile race on the ballot is the battle for U.S. Senate, where Democratic Reps. Barbara Lee, Katie Porter and Adam Schiff and Republican Steve Garvey are among the leading candidates.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2024
But attendees at the town hall said that outcome is far from a foregone conclusion and any candidate who wants their support is going to need to fight for it.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
The success of the assassination was by no means a foregone conclusion.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
This does not have to be an entirely foregone conclusion, however.
—The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
That’s far from a foregone conclusion, for sure, but the Lakers have left themselves susceptible to a major disaster, one that might have been avoided with a minor adjustment in February.
—Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 8 Feb. 2024
Given how tightly the Kremlin controls politics in Russia, the result of the presidential election is a foregone conclusion.
—Regina Smyth, The Conversation, 16 Feb. 2024
Gene Maddaus, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
An election in Putin’s Russia is a foregone conclusion — a regime going through the motions of democracy without any of its actual convictions.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024
But in a year when the presidential match-up already seems a foregone conclusion, the highest-profile race on the ballot is the battle for U.S. Senate, where Democratic Reps. Barbara Lee, Katie Porter and Adam Schiff and Republican Steve Garvey are among the leading candidates.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2024
But attendees at the town hall said that outcome is far from a foregone conclusion and any candidate who wants their support is going to need to fight for it.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
The success of the assassination was by no means a foregone conclusion.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
This does not have to be an entirely foregone conclusion, however.
—The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
That’s far from a foregone conclusion, for sure, but the Lakers have left themselves susceptible to a major disaster, one that might have been avoided with a minor adjustment in February.
—Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 8 Feb. 2024
Given how tightly the Kremlin controls politics in Russia, the result of the presidential election is a foregone conclusion.
—Regina Smyth, The Conversation, 16 Feb. 2024
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