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Recent Examples of toss-up
The remaining slots are a toss-up in an open field, with the increasingly powerful profile of Challengers actor Josh O'Connor bolstering his bid for Wake Up Dead Man, which contains arguably his best work to date.
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Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2025
Ross sees the case as a toss-up, but predicts the court won’t overturn the entire program.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
What makes Andrews a toss-up is his questionable connection with Jackson.
—Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
What Happens Next The Cook Political Report and Sabato’s Crystal Ball classify the race as a toss-up.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
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Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2025
Ross sees the case as a toss-up, but predicts the court won’t overturn the entire program.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
What makes Andrews a toss-up is his questionable connection with Jackson.
—Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
What Happens Next The Cook Political Report and Sabato’s Crystal Ball classify the race as a toss-up.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toss-up
Noun
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At least a half-dozen people described an emotional seesaw they were put through by weeks of contradictory UPS tracking updates about their shipments.—
Kayla Steinberg,
NBC news,
10 Oct. 2025
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Carolina is coming off a 27-24 seesaw win versus the Miami Dolphins.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Breaking the deadlock There was certainly a time where most Australians thought the quotas would never come in.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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That breakthrough altered the deadlock of WWI and inspired the global development of tanks as a means for breakthrough, not just static defence.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
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