Examples of make-or-break in a Sentence
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The Golden Globes returned to NBC for the 2023 broadcast in a one-year deal — a make-or-break moment after the HFPA sold the award show to Todd Boehly's Eldridge Industries, dissolving the nonprofit and its membership, earlier in the year.
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Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2023
This means your business will be in make-or-break mode from day one.
—Harry Kabadaian, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
Expectant parents Brandan and Mary weren't the only ones fighting on Monday's '90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way' as Daniele leveraged Spanish to punish Yohan for refusing to pay for things
Several 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way couples hit make-or-break moments on Monday night's episode.
—Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023
Several people interviewed for this story described the yield as make-or-break.
—WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023
The roughly dozen Republicans who have voiced displeasure at McCarthy's proposal see the current impasse as a make-or-break moment to hold the speaker to commitments to drastically cut topline government spending.
—CBS News, 19 Sep. 2023
The roughly dozen Republicans who have voiced displeasure at McCarthy’s proposal see the current impasse as a make-or-break moment to hold the speaker to commitments to drastically cut topline government spending.
—Lisa Mascaro and Stephen Groves, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
On the cusp of buying her third-generation Impreza, this is a make-or-break generation for my wife.
—cleveland, 16 Sep. 2023
Justin Fields, taken No. 11 by the Chicago Bears, is entering a make-or-break season a la Jones.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023
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Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2023
This means your business will be in make-or-break mode from day one.
—Harry Kabadaian, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
Expectant parents Brandan and Mary weren't the only ones fighting on Monday's '90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way' as Daniele leveraged Spanish to punish Yohan for refusing to pay for things
Several 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way couples hit make-or-break moments on Monday night's episode.
—Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023
Several people interviewed for this story described the yield as make-or-break.
—WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023
The roughly dozen Republicans who have voiced displeasure at McCarthy's proposal see the current impasse as a make-or-break moment to hold the speaker to commitments to drastically cut topline government spending.
—CBS News, 19 Sep. 2023
The roughly dozen Republicans who have voiced displeasure at McCarthy’s proposal see the current impasse as a make-or-break moment to hold the speaker to commitments to drastically cut topline government spending.
—Lisa Mascaro and Stephen Groves, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
On the cusp of buying her third-generation Impreza, this is a make-or-break generation for my wife.
—cleveland, 16 Sep. 2023
Justin Fields, taken No. 11 by the Chicago Bears, is entering a make-or-break season a la Jones.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023
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1919, in the meaning defined above
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