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Examples of shoo-in in a Sentence
a shoo-in for the position of secretary of state
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When the offseason began, Alonso was considered a shoo-in to re-sign with the New York Mets, the only team he's ever known.
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Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Focus Features Gory and gruesome, The Substance was never a shoo-in for mainstream success.
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Megan McCluskey, TIME, 23 Jan. 2025
Once presumed to be a shoo-in for reelection next year, Bass now looks politically DOA.
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 17 Jan. 2025
Olympic officials threatened to hold up two things considered shoo-ins — the awarding of the 2034 Winter Games to Salt Lake City and the elevation of the top U.S. Olympics official, Gene Sykes, to the powerful International Olympic Committee.
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Michael S. Schmidt, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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First Known Use
1937, in the meaning defined above
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“Shoo-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoo-in. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
shoo-in
nounˈshü-ˌin
: one that is a certain and easy winner
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