as in gamble
a risky undertaking
there are almost no sure bets in the movie business—almost everything is a crapshoot
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Recent Examples of crapshoot
But if the East is a crapshoot, the C’s can hang around until…
7.
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Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
That ratio underscores a longstanding truth: Sundance has always been a crapshoot.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2025
While Richard Childress Racing drivers have won the past four season openers at the track, the summer night race has been a bit more of a crapshoot, including Jeremy Clements winning here in 2022, one of just two career wins for Clements in 520 Xfinity Series starts.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
Awards are a real crapshoot, for lack of a better term.
—Jeff Conway, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for crapshoot
Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
That ratio underscores a longstanding truth: Sundance has always been a crapshoot.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2025
While Richard Childress Racing drivers have won the past four season openers at the track, the summer night race has been a bit more of a crapshoot, including Jeremy Clements winning here in 2022, one of just two career wins for Clements in 520 Xfinity Series starts.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
Awards are a real crapshoot, for lack of a better term.
—Jeff Conway, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for crapshoot
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crapshoot
Noun
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Each day is a gamble of life and death, hope and betrayal; friendships run deep and can be shattered in an instant.—
Ashlee Conour,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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Coming into preseason testing, the big question is whether last season’s gamble would pay off.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Santa Margarita never had a chance.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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Shoppers can also enter the Product of the Year sweepstakes for a chance to win a collection of this year’s winners.—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Hotel 1928, the Gaineses’ latest downtown venture, has reinvigorated what had been the Grand Karem Shrine Building, which was erected in the 1920s and stood abandoned for nearly two decades.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
15 Feb. 2026
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The Hollywood Reporter later reported that the venture has been shelved entirely.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Crapshoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crapshoot. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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