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Recent Examples of no-win
This is a no-win situation because one of us will end up unhappy.
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Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
This type of agreement is not unheard of, according to Billboard, mirroring the no-win-no-fee model employed by some legal firms.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 16 Dec. 2025
The reality is that caregiving will frequently put you in no-win situations where no easy answer exists.
—Kat McGowan, NPR, 18 Oct. 2025
Employees are caught in a no-win situation, pressured to adopt AI tools yet reluctant to admit it.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
This type of agreement is not unheard of, according to Billboard, mirroring the no-win-no-fee model employed by some legal firms.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 16 Dec. 2025
The reality is that caregiving will frequently put you in no-win situations where no easy answer exists.
—Kat McGowan, NPR, 18 Oct. 2025
Employees are caught in a no-win situation, pressured to adopt AI tools yet reluctant to admit it.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for no-win
Recent Examples of Synonyms for no-win
Adjective
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Desire defines the work and is impossible to divorce from our response to it.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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Previously, the idea of a pope from the US was deemed impossible because the cardinals would not want to ally the Church with the world’s dominant power.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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During that stretch, Davis has waffled between hopeless and hopeful on a weekly basis.—
Jack Flemming,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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After a while, a group of hopeless employees – sent to a training program – wreaks havoc on each one of them.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The wars stop making sense, and thus the human and financial sacrifices come to seem pointless.—
Fintan O’Toole,
The New York Review of Books,
9 Apr. 2026
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The hideous prospect of interviewing for jobs even more pointless than this one appears before me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The two women haven’t spoken in 10 years when Mother Mary shows up on Sam Anselm’s doorstep with sad eyes and stringy hair, like a lost dog who got caught in the rain, and her spurned BFF leaps at the chance to make the most of her leverage.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
14 Apr. 2026
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As a result of the lost contract, 188 people will be laid off.—
Desiree Mathurin
April 14,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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In addition to offering previously unattainable data rates, Wi-Fi 7 employs new technologies to reduce latency, increase network capacity, and boost efficiency.—
Iyaz Akhtar,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2026
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And nearly three-in-five Americans today fear the encroaching AI job apocalypse could make housing even more unattainable.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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This does nothing to help onboard new VGC players, who are now more likely to pick a worthless item that puts them at a disadvantage.—
Kallie Plagge,
The Verge,
11 Apr. 2026
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Remove those incentives and innovation will slow – while farmers’ already substantial investments become worthless.—
John Cleveland,
Boston Herald,
7 Apr. 2026
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“No-win.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/no-win. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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