too close to call

idiom

: too close to say who will win
The election is still too close to call.

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Nasralla, from the Liberal Party, said that the result was too close to call and that the result would not be known until Monday, although this could take longer to be certified, depending on disputes and recounts. Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2025 In the final month of the campaign, while most pollsters were saying the race was too close to call, Polymarket correctly predicted the outcome of the race. Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025 Morris County is part of a traditionally Republican state legislative district where liberal Democrat Marisa Sweeney and one of two incumbent Republicans are so close in the vote count that The Associated Press considers the race, which will have two winners, too close to call. Maya Sweedler, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2025 James Savage was leading in the race for an unexpired term, but Rodolfo Arevalo, who ran for two city council seats then launched a write-in campaign for mayor, trailed Savage by just six votes, so the race was too close to call. The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for too close to call

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“Too close to call.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/too%20close%20to%20call. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.

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