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Recent Examples of gimme
Outlets including The Wall Street Journal and CNN identified the vernacular for this courtesy: a gimme.
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Matthew Purdy, New York Times, 17 May 2025
But this year in the AFC West there are no apparent gimmes.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 14 May 2025
Texas is a gimme’ for the GOP; despite Democratic dreams of winning, the last ones to win statewide were on the ballot in 1994.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 7 May 2025
And even over the past four or five years, that’s changed — there are no ‘gimmes’ out there.
—Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2025
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Matthew Purdy, New York Times, 17 May 2025
But this year in the AFC West there are no apparent gimmes.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 14 May 2025
Texas is a gimme’ for the GOP; despite Democratic dreams of winning, the last ones to win statewide were on the ballot in 1994.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 7 May 2025
And even over the past four or five years, that’s changed — there are no ‘gimmes’ out there.
—Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 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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The night ended up as a laugher.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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This was the laugher the Padres needed.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Prisoners feared they were purposefully trapped in the A Tunnel, sitting ducks for a response from corrections officers.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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Those lucky/sitting ducks were at the center of a manifold creative pressure, like the core of a planet pulled spherical by gravity.—
Kate Colby
October 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Oct. 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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But nothings more peaceful than tomorrow to a man going through pain today.—
Becca Longmire,
Peoplemag,
22 Feb. 2024
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“Gimme.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gimme. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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