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Recent Examples of gimme
And San Jose State has hardly been a gimme.
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Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2025
An unbeaten season is always a gimme.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Their upcoming matchups against the Rams (Week 6) and Bears (Week 8) will not be gimmes, either, unless this shorthanded defense improves substantially, and quickly.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
If anything, the approval process for the Swerdlow project suggests the Transit Station Neighborhood Developments may be painstaking and anything but a gimme for other developers who may seek to build under it.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
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Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2025
An unbeaten season is always a gimme.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Their upcoming matchups against the Rams (Week 6) and Bears (Week 8) will not be gimmes, either, unless this shorthanded defense improves substantially, and quickly.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
If anything, the approval process for the Swerdlow project suggests the Transit Station Neighborhood Developments may be painstaking and anything but a gimme for other developers who may seek to build under it.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gimme
Noun
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This wasn’t a cushioned walkaway win against an overmatched opponent.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The big number: $2.25 million That’s roughly the walkaway money going to J.J. Spaun for winning the U.S. Open.—
Alex Sherman,
CNBC,
19 June 2025
Noun
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Her teammates appeared to take the hit personally, quickly turning a relatively taut 1-0 game into a 5-0 laugher over the following 12 minutes of play, with Sarah Fillier, Laura Stacey and Julia Gosling (twice) scoring.—
Hailey Salvian,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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But what about the conference games, the Big Ten matchups that are becoming laughers for the Bruins?—
Benjamin Royer,
Daily News,
20 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Other than Adobe, which is expensive but very good, these companies are not sitting ducks.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
17 Feb. 2026
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In this case, that makes Dumars and his team sitting ducks for anyone else with designs on their score.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
22 Jan. 2026
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When Dana, who, like Virginia, had been successful in writing pleasant but undistinguished nothings—in her case, songs for Billy Rose’s revues—decided to try taking on more serious music by studying with Boulanger, Virginia entered a deep downward spiral.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
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Why did her mom press so hard for the littlest of nothings?—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
4 Dec. 2025
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“Gimme.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gimme. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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