as in gamble
a risky undertaking
there are almost no sure bets in the movie business—almost everything is a crapshoot
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Recent Examples of crapshoot
Ravens-Bills was a crapshoot; still think the better team lost.
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
Hungry programs, big matchups -- and not a top four seed among ’em, verifying the crapshoot of rankings.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 5 Jan. 2025
Fall in Arkansas is always a little bit of a crapshoot.
—Seth Eli Barlow, arkansasonline.com, 29 Oct. 2024
The postseason is normally a crapshoot, evidenced by the 100-plus win Orioles, Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves all losing in the division series last year.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2024
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
Hungry programs, big matchups -- and not a top four seed among ’em, verifying the crapshoot of rankings.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 5 Jan. 2025
Fall in Arkansas is always a little bit of a crapshoot.
—Seth Eli Barlow, arkansasonline.com, 29 Oct. 2024
The postseason is normally a crapshoot, evidenced by the 100-plus win Orioles, Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves all losing in the division series last year.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crapshoot
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Dodgers Back in the lineup, Teoscar Hernández provides the offense as Dodgers beat Arizona May 21, 2025 Which is a major gamble in itself.—
Dylan Hernández,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
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But for Ben & Jerry’s, staying silent is the bigger gamble.—
Javier Hasse,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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In a venture landscape where investors are chasing AI, Raanan continues to bet on winning security upstarts.—
TrueBridge Capital,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Slated for release in theaters on October 17, Good Fortune introduces Reeves as Gabriel, a well-meaning but rather inept angel who decides to intervene in the lives of a struggling gig worker (Ansari) and a wealthy venture capitalist (Rogen).—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
28 May 2025
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But the appeals court, Alito said, deferred to school officials’ speculation about the effects of the T-shirt, even though there were no actual disruptions, and accepted the administrator’s conclusion that the shirt’s messaged demeaned others’ personal identity.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
28 May 2025
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His college admissions have been the subject of speculation since the Trump administration's Tuesday, May 27, decision to slash all remaining federal funding to the Ivy League institution.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
28 May 2025
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“Crapshoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crapshoot. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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