How to Use foregone conclusion in a Sentence

foregone conclusion

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  • The movie ends in a way that treats a third film like a foregone conclusion.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 June 2023
  • That Nikolas Cruz, 22, will spend the rest of his life in prison is all but a foregone conclusion.
    — Rafael Olmeda, sun-sentinel.com, 29 Aug. 2021
  • Still, city approval of the project is not a foregone conclusion.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2022
  • The reason, in part, was because Stone and SMU have been a foregone conclusion for such a long time.
    — Sam Blum, Dallas News, 14 Dec. 2020
  • While Petro’s chances are strong, his win isn’t a foregone conclusion.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 22 Mar. 2022
  • But this season, the result of a close game feels like a foregone conclusion.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2023
  • While the outcome of the vote appears to be a foregone conclusion, what his election will mean for the country is far from clear.
    — Cnn Staff, CNN, 14 June 2021
  • As to who would play the other half of the couple, that almost seemed a foregone conclusion to Coen.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2022
  • That might not normally be the case when the outcome is a foregone conclusion.
    — Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Reprising his lead role in the Paramount+ series was not a foregone conclusion.
    — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
  • For some of the challengers for Chicago mayor, the departure of the Bears is a foregone conclusion.
    — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2023
  • War fatigue doesn’t have to be a foregone conclusion, though.
    — Yasmeen Serhan, Time, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The result of the vote was not a foregone conclusion, however.
    — Alanna Mitchell, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2022
  • As a result, opening gifts in public is now more of a choice than a foregone conclusion.
    — Lindsay Mannering, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2022
  • But while the end of this season was a foregone conclusion, did manage to surprise with a cameo that very few of us saw coming.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 23 June 2022
  • Once the basic premise is hammered out, the moms become a foregone conclusion.
    — Matthew Love, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2021
  • The decision opens the door wide open for the all-around, a title that was long considered a foregone conclusion.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2021
  • But none of this should be taken as a foregone conclusion that people aren’t willing to read.
    — April Rudin, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • That doesn't mean their latest matchup was a foregone conclusion.
    — Noah Trister, ajc, 23 Aug. 2021
  • But Whitson is resisting the urge to treat this as a foregone conclusion.
    — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 13 June 2023
  • That is not to say relegation for any of them is a foregone conclusion.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Barr’s decision to sit this one out was not a foregone conclusion.
    — Brian Barrett, Wired, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Even with their new quarterback Tom Brady at the helm last year, the team’s success was hardly a foregone conclusion.
    — Don Yaeger, Forbes, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Indeed, the fact that AI and machine learning (ML) are our future seems to be a foregone conclusion.
    — Bob O'Donnell, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021
  • But even in households where the woman keeping her name is a foregone conclusion, the idea that the man would change his name, more often than not, isn’t even on the table.
    — Jessica M. Goldstein, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2022
  • But the merger of the two companies was already a foregone conclusion by the time a deal was signed in late 2019, and the whole reason for the union was to build a stronger streaming presence.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2021
  • But early polls suggest that the same level of support next year may not be a foregone conclusion.
    — Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2021
  • That’s because the team result is a foregone conclusion.
    — Steve Gorches, orlandosentinel.com, 4 Mar. 2022
  • For those like Politico’s Jonathan Martin, who left Iowa before the caucuses began, the outcome was a foregone conclusion.
    — Kyle Paoletta, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
  • But in deep-blue New York, it’s already considered a foregone conclusion that Biden will beat Trump so any tea leaf-reading will be of minimal interest.
    — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2024

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