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a
: a one-sided contest : an easy victory
In states and localities across America, good times are making for reelection cakewalks.—
Douglas Foster
Douglas Foster
b
: an easy task
… it's no cakewalk to raise a family on two part-time salaries, even for a little while.—Belinda Luscombe
Belinda Luscombe2
: an African American entertainment having a cake as prize for the most accomplished steps and figures in walking
3
: a stage dance developed from walking steps and figures typically involving a high prance with backward tilt
cakewalk
intransitive verb
cakewalker
noun
Examples of cakewalk in a Sentence
She expected the election to be a cakewalk.
Reducing the state budget is not going to be a cakewalk.
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Your next marathon could be a cakewalk.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2025
Their remaining schedule is no cakewalk either.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
The Ducks have just two more trips outside the Pacific time zone to Rutgers and Iowa, neither of which will be cakewalks.
—Erick Smith, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
While the true number of militia members is far less than the 4.5 million figure cited by Maduro, the existence of a highly ideological network of armed supporters should serve as a warning for anyone who believes military intervention will be a cakewalk.
—Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2025
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2025
Their remaining schedule is no cakewalk either.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
The Ducks have just two more trips outside the Pacific time zone to Rutgers and Iowa, neither of which will be cakewalks.
—Erick Smith, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
While the true number of militia members is far less than the 4.5 million figure cited by Maduro, the existence of a highly ideological network of armed supporters should serve as a warning for anyone who believes military intervention will be a cakewalk.
—Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cakewalk
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“Cakewalk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cakewalk. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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