Examples of make-or-break in a Sentence
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This is make-or-break: Medical devices, even ingenious ones, won’t get to consumers if insurance won’t cover them.
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S. I. Rosenbaum, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2024
But the last thing any leader wants to do is alienate those who hold the power of rescue in this make-or-break moment.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
Read Next Heat reaches make-or-break week in push to avoid play-in tournament.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2024
The program is being used in more than 40 locations with the resources to keep track of thousands of migrants and make swift rulings in a make-or-break step of the asylum process: the credible-fear interview.
—Hamed Aleaziz, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2024
The make-or-break moment for Sites is a series of hearings scheduled to run from June to November in which the State Water Resources Control Board will analyze fisheries studies and other documents and decide whether to award it the water rights to move forward.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2024
McGuire’s vision for the film highlighted a make-or-break moment for Ariel—the global financial crisis.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
Super Tuesday is a make-or-break day for Nikki Haley.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN, 3 Mar. 2024
The interview comes at a make-or-break moment for the inquiry.
—Luke Broadwater, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
S. I. Rosenbaum, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2024
But the last thing any leader wants to do is alienate those who hold the power of rescue in this make-or-break moment.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
Read Next Heat reaches make-or-break week in push to avoid play-in tournament.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2024
The program is being used in more than 40 locations with the resources to keep track of thousands of migrants and make swift rulings in a make-or-break step of the asylum process: the credible-fear interview.
—Hamed Aleaziz, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2024
The make-or-break moment for Sites is a series of hearings scheduled to run from June to November in which the State Water Resources Control Board will analyze fisheries studies and other documents and decide whether to award it the water rights to move forward.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2024
McGuire’s vision for the film highlighted a make-or-break moment for Ariel—the global financial crisis.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
Super Tuesday is a make-or-break day for Nikki Haley.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN, 3 Mar. 2024
The interview comes at a make-or-break moment for the inquiry.
—Luke Broadwater, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
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