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Recent Examples of no-win
Trump’s new policies have put the Fed in a potential no-win situation.
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Jacob Pramuk, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2025
Brands are trapped in what feels like a no-win situation.
—Gillian Oakenfull, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
This casting feels like a no-win for WB.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
From this no-win scenario director Laura Casabé extracts all the pleasures, anxieties, and frenzy of teenage life.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 5 Mar. 2025
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Jacob Pramuk, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2025
Brands are trapped in what feels like a no-win situation.
—Gillian Oakenfull, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
This casting feels like a no-win for WB.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
From this no-win scenario director Laura Casabé extracts all the pleasures, anxieties, and frenzy of teenage life.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 5 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for no-win
Recent Examples of Synonyms for no-win
Adjective
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As is often the problem with biopics of all kinds — jukebox musical or not — the sheer scope of a life is impossible to capture in a mere 2 hour runtime.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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And after dark, the dealers were impossible to miss: short young men in hoodies and women in pajama pants, slinking around corners with side packs.—
Jason Motlagh,
Rolling Stone,
27 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Feeling hopeless in her quest to stop Crawford and help Delia get her life back, Elsbeth confronts the boastful judge, who is riding high on his rising star and his triumph over her.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2025
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The hopeless woman grasps her head with one hand and checks her baby’s cheek with the other.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Knights star Jack Eichel and captain Mark Stone have been held pointless in the last two games, which shows how great the Minnesota defense has been.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Apr. 2025
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Space tourism is, at best, folly—silly, spectacularly wasteful, pointless by definition.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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His famous pectoral cross, a simple image of the Good Shepherd carrying a lost sheep on his shoulders, wasn't just a personal emblem.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Apr. 2025
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These can lead to a slower speed of weight loss, a weight loss plateau, or the regaining the lost weight.13 6.—
Sohaib Imtiaz,
Verywell Health,
23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Equip them with the power to fight misconceptions, such as the idea that building to safety codes is unattainable or more expensive than the alternative, and advocate for long-term over short-term sight.—
Jim Pauley,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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In his viral video, Hester suggested that the decline in clubbing is down to today's music, which encourages Gen Z to project an image of unattainable wealth, leading to self-consciousness at clubs.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Apr. 2025
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Eliminating these protections raises the bar for relief and could leave students stuck with debt for worthless credits.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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The promise of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to restore the steep cuts to the World Trade Center Health Program was a worthless lie, betraying the heroes and victims of 9/11.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
6 May 2025
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“No-win.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/no-win. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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