foregone
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By the time decision day came around, it was a foregone conclusion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
But Miller’s refusal to bow out wasn’t a foregone conclusion, either.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
“I think endemicity is a foregone conclusion and measles will circulate at the level it did in the 1990s,” Adalja said.
From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2026
“This started as a foregone conclusion. It didn’t look that way as we went forward. So, for our basketball team, the fact we didn’t give up makes it special. We fought.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026
The castle with its towers and battlements looms below them like some misty vision of foregone glory.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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