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Recent Examples of gimme
The Sharks’ first goal was a gimme, a softy by Smith.
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Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
The new-look roster had a lot of jump in the scoreless first period and the Lightning looked like a team that thought the game was going to be a gimme.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2025
The four-time major champion missed a crucial gimme, prompting an epic troll job from NYGC's social media team.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
That seems to me like a gimme for any president to go and do that.
—Lulu Garcia-Navarro, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
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Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
The new-look roster had a lot of jump in the scoreless first period and the Lightning looked like a team that thought the game was going to be a gimme.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2025
The four-time major champion missed a crucial gimme, prompting an epic troll job from NYGC's social media team.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
That seems to me like a gimme for any president to go and do that.
—Lulu Garcia-Navarro, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gimme
Noun
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Though if Minnesota were to sell on the lower end, say for $1.5 billion, its walkaway number would be much lower unless the potential buyer agreed to absorb all of the debt, a scenario that is unlikely.—
Ken Rosenthal,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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Donald Trump is suffering an historic descent in the campaign’s final days, an ongoing freefall that’s turning what looked like a walkaway for the former president into what’s most likely a Kamala Harris victory.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
2 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Tiger won the final leg of the slam in an eight-shot romp at St. Andrews one month after getting the third piece — a 15-shot laugher at Pebble Beach.—
Justin Ray,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Their second laugher in three games against the Rockies extended the Padres’ best start at home to 10-0 and improved their MLB-best record to 13-3.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Maybe instead of rats the cartoon should show sitting ducks.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Feb. 2025
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To the Mach 4 missiles, capable of taking out jets maneuvering at high speed , a Shahed is a sitting duck.—
David Hambling,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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My memoir was built of gaps, juxtaposition, weird little nothings.—
Cheri Lucas Rowlands,
Longreads,
16 Dec. 2024
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The one whose legs turned nothings into somethings, improvising the Lions’ entire defensive game plan into a pile of ash?—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
10 Feb. 2024
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“Gimme.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gimme. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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