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Recent Examples of toss-up
Michigan In Michigan, another retiring incumbent has set the stage for a toss-up race next year.
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Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2025
The Cook Political Report and Sabato's Crystal Ball both classify the North Carolina Senate race as a pure toss-up.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
Forecasters rate the Peach State as a toss-up as both parties are vying to nab the seat.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 30 July 2025
The nonpartisan election handicapper Cook Political Report rates Kemp’s seat as a toss-up.
—Brandon Conradis, The Hill, 29 July 2025
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Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2025
The Cook Political Report and Sabato's Crystal Ball both classify the North Carolina Senate race as a pure toss-up.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
Forecasters rate the Peach State as a toss-up as both parties are vying to nab the seat.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 30 July 2025
The nonpartisan election handicapper Cook Political Report rates Kemp’s seat as a toss-up.
—Brandon Conradis, The Hill, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toss-up
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Lois's professional pride, Clark/Superman's surprisingly prickly self-defensiveness and the couple’s seesaw of friction and attraction are the closest a superhero movie will ever come to Woody Allen’s Husbands and Wives.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
8 July 2025
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For weeks, the stock market has been a seesaw amid Trump's on-and-off-again tariff regime.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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According to the Institute for the Study of War, Russia has now broken this deadlock by fielding new drone technologies that are less vulnerable to electronic warfare.—
Vikram Mittal,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Even the Federal Election Commission is designed for partisan deadlock with an even number of members from each of the two major parties.—
Thom Reilly,
The Conversation,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Toss-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toss-up. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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