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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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The ball was coming out of Maye’s hand oddly in a game that should have been a cakewalk against the NFL’s worst defense.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 23 Nov. 2025
Don’t expect a cakewalk, though.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 6 Nov. 2025
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
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Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 23 Nov. 2025
Don’t expect a cakewalk, though.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 6 Nov. 2025
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
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 2 Dec. 2025.
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