How to Use toss-up in a Sentence

toss-up

noun
  • That game, of course, will be a toss-up now.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 15 May 2026
  • This time This series looks like a toss-up.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Inland counties are much more of a toss-up.
    Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The race is still considered a toss-up.
    Mark Barabak, Mercury News, 20 June 2026
  • Shortstop is the biggest toss-up.
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Either way, this is a toss-up that will come down to the last week of the season.
    Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Most experts and observers in the region view the race as a toss-up.
    Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2025
  • On the last night of the conference, the dinner was a toss-up.
    Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The presidential race is neck and neck, a toss-up, a dead heat.
    Jack Schlossberg, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2024
  • The governor's race is widely seen as a toss-up.
    Stephen Fowler, NPR, 18 May 2026
  • The race has been rated a toss-up by CPR.
    Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 16 May 2026
  • All in all, the choice between the treadmill and the street is pretty much a toss-up.
    Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Arizona is no longer a toss-up state in the presidential race.
    Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 12 July 2024
  • The Gators are slight favorites going into this game, but this is a toss-up.
    Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The toss-up here will come down to short-term value versus long-term potential.
    Katie Woo, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Ross sees the case as a toss-up, but predicts the court won’t overturn the entire program.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Analysts have rated the district as a toss-up.
    Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2026
  • Ahead of this year’s midterms, only 18 races are considered toss-ups.
    Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Considering how alike the two devices are, this could almost be a toss-up.
    PCMAG, 19 Mar. 2025
  • The consequences to all this are real, and could impact toss-up races around the country.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 7 July 2026
  • Progressives did pick up a win in Michigan's one true toss-up district.
    Saige Miller, NPR, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Meanwhile coach of the year is a toss-up between three managers who really stepped up to the task.
    Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Some answers, though, fell on the edge of this somewhat murky threshold—thus the slight toss-up in final scores.
    Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 10 June 2026
  • Otherwise, the rest of the re-signing options are pretty much toss-ups.
    Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Miller-Meeks and Valadao are running in districts now seen as toss-ups.
    Rahul Mukherjee, NPR, 31 July 2026
  • Elordi Ah, the one category that's a true toss-up!
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Forecasts rate Ohio's Senate race as a toss-up, and most surveys have it a dead heat.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 6 May 2026
  • Fewer than 20 seats are among the most watched, what analysts call genuine toss-ups.
    Mike Catalini, Fortune, 27 July 2026
  • Even with that stat, the odds of both teams scoring in the semifinal are virtually a toss-up.
    Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 12 July 2026
  • Most economists view a rate cut next month as a toss-up amid signs of a slowdown in the disinflation trend.
    Lucia Mutikani, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024

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