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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Why go through all that inconvenient prep when the results are a foregone conclusion?
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Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
The end of American democracy is not a foregone conclusion, despite the unprecedented rate of its decline.
—Shelley Inglis, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2025
In business, stress is a foregone conclusion.
—Bo Howard, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
And Democrats seem all too eager to make his job easier by choosing the side whose loss is a foregone conclusion.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
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Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
The end of American democracy is not a foregone conclusion, despite the unprecedented rate of its decline.
—Shelley Inglis, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2025
In business, stress is a foregone conclusion.
—Bo Howard, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
And Democrats seem all too eager to make his job easier by choosing the side whose loss is a foregone conclusion.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for foregone conclusion
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“Foregone conclusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foregone%20conclusion. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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