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Recent Examples of gimme
In a friendly round, gimmes and mulligans make life easier.
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Don Mal, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 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
All 10 misses were from 40 yards and beyond, but in fairness Moody was drafted specifically to make long-distance kicks in addition to the gimmes his predecessor Robbie Gould made with machine-like accuracy.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 24 July 2025
There’s only one gimme (Alcorn State), while Ball State and Georgia State (the latter on the road) aren’t assured.
—Seth Emerson, The Athletic, 27 Aug. 2024
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Don Mal, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 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
All 10 misses were from 40 yards and beyond, but in fairness Moody was drafted specifically to make long-distance kicks in addition to the gimmes his predecessor Robbie Gould made with machine-like accuracy.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 24 July 2025
There’s only one gimme (Alcorn State), while Ball State and Georgia State (the latter on the road) aren’t assured.
—Seth Emerson, The Athletic, 27 Aug. 2024
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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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Payton Pritchard scored all 12 of his points in the final quarter to help turn the game into a laugher.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
4 Jan. 2026
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Some 78 yards later, Brown had a touchdown that his quarterback and coach would call the dagger in a 42-17 unexpected laugher at KU.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Shipping lanes suffered, neutrality became meaningless, and actual fishing vessels became sitting ducks.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Dec. 2025
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In other words, a sitting duck.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
9 Dec. 2025
Noun
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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 19 Jan. 2026.
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