carry the day
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If such denials can be made with a straight face, they may carry the day when a prosecution is at stake.
Critics have said voting recommendations from ISS and Glass Lewis often carry the day, forcing boards to follow pay and governance practices they might otherwise eschew.
Should Hamid’s righteous fury or Vahid’s rationality carry the day?
From Los Angeles Times
AI stocks implies that it’s a given that they will carry the day.
From Barron's
“There’s not a lot I can do about it. You lose something and you gain something somewhere else. You move from doing the work and having that carry the day to having your own persona confused in the performance by other people and, yeah, by maybe yourself too.”
From Los Angeles Times
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