too close to call

idiom

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

Examples of too close to call in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The vote remains too close to call, and the Secretary of State’s Office has until April 12 to certify results. Lindsey Holden, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2024 Proposition 1, a statewide bond measure to build new mental health treatment facilities that Newsom pitched as necessary for getting the sickest people off the streets, remains too close to call. Laurel Rosenhall, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024 With votes still being counted, the race for second remains too close to call between Republican Steve Garvey, a former Los Angeles Dodgers player, and Orange County Congresswoman Katie Porter, a Democrat. Marisa Lagos, NPR, 5 Mar. 2024 One acting race remains too close to call at the Oscars. Paul Grein, Billboard, 18 Feb. 2024 Election officials are still processing ballots for the California primary election, leaving results for several Sacramento races too close to call. Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2024 For the 10 marquee awards, the vote was unanimous in three categories, near-unanimous in three others, with four simply too close to call. Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024 At the moment, the economic effects on the political landscape are too close to call, though the combination of low inflation and robust growth in recent months has modestly improved prospects for Democrats, according to a long-running model operated by Ray Fair, the Yale economist. Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024 Analysts say the race is again too close to call, via Gillian Brassil. Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024

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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 Apr. 2024.

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