showdown
noun
show·down
ˈshō-ˌdau̇n 
1
: the placing of poker hands faceup on the table to determine the winner of a pot
2
: a decisive confrontation or contest
Examples of showdown in a Sentence
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Go back to Week 13 and a Thursday Night Football showdown between Seattle and Dallas.
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Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2024
As Reuters reports, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes had opened an obstruction-of-justice probe into Musk over the showdown.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2024
The board voted in May to retain Mr. Sanchez, but the showdown left wounds in the community.
—John Leland John Leland, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
The film will finally show the showdown between two underdog teams, Karasuno High and Nekoma High.
—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Apr. 2024
The back-and-forth pace of this game is reminiscent of last weekend’s UConn-Illinois Elite Eight showdown, where the teams were tied up at 23 with less than two minutes left in the first half.
—NBC News, 7 Apr. 2024
One showdown involves a man swinging a hatchet over and over at Kid’s head, missing him by millimeters each time.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
That victory will have to wait; this elaborate showdown hits barely halfway through the movie.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
The showdown between Peltz and CEO Bob Iger has been going on for more than a year at this point.
—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 1 Apr. 2024
Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2024
As Reuters reports, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes had opened an obstruction-of-justice probe into Musk over the showdown.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2024
The board voted in May to retain Mr. Sanchez, but the showdown left wounds in the community.
—John Leland John Leland, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
The film will finally show the showdown between two underdog teams, Karasuno High and Nekoma High.
—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Apr. 2024
The back-and-forth pace of this game is reminiscent of last weekend’s UConn-Illinois Elite Eight showdown, where the teams were tied up at 23 with less than two minutes left in the first half.
—NBC News, 7 Apr. 2024
One showdown involves a man swinging a hatchet over and over at Kid’s head, missing him by millimeters each time.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
That victory will have to wait; this elaborate showdown hits barely halfway through the movie.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
The showdown between Peltz and CEO Bob Iger has been going on for more than a year at this point.
—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 1 Apr. 2024
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showdown
noun
show·down
-ˌdau̇n
: the test of strength that finally settles a dispute
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