: one that is a certain and easy winner

Examples of shoo-in in a Sentence

a shoo-in for the position of secretary of state
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The Sounders are looking like shoo-ins to reach the Major League Soccer play-offs as a bare minimum. Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025 But as travel demand has shifted, and in some cases customers have become altogether unpredictable, making the third quarter less of a shoo-in moneymaker for airlines. Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2025 On the very day the VMA nominations were announced, Justin Bieber dropped a music video that’s a shoo-in for sweetest of the year. Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 5 Aug. 2025 The rookie has been rock solid and would be a shoo-in as a practice-squad candidate. Alec Lewis, New York Times, 30 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for shoo-in

Word History

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of shoo-in was in 1937

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“Shoo-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoo-in. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.

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shoo-in

noun
ˈshü-ˌin
: one that is a certain and easy winner

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