Thesaurus results for DEAD HEAT

dead heat

noun

as in tie

a situation in which neither participant in a contest, competition, or struggle comes out ahead of the other the horses crossed the finish line in a dead heat

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Recent Examples of dead heat Two polls released over the weekend suggest their races could be tightening—with one poll showing Sherrill and Ciattarelli locked in a dead heat. —

Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025 At the time, the match was in a dead heat with the third set tied 5-5 after Sabalenka lost three straight games to Pegula. —

Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025 In recent seasons, the rivalry has been a dead heat, with each program claiming two victories in the last fourmeetings. —

Clark Fahrenthold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2025 As of today the Red Sox and Tigers have the same record, so if Detroit loses its series to Cleveland and falls out of first place in the AL Central, the two clubs could conceivably be in a dead heat for one of the last Wild Card spots. —

Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 22 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dead heat

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Noun

Such a distinction had only ever applied to infrastructure firms, like Huawei or Kaspersky Labs, with ties to adversarial foreign governments, and there was no domestic precedent.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
The game featured 16 lead changes and 11 ties, and Acuff, the SEC’s scoring leader and league’s player and freshman of the year, had 21 in the first half to keep Arkansas within 39-37 at halftime.

— Dallas Morning News, Dallas Morning News, 14 Mar. 2026