surefire
sure to work; foolproof: a surefire moneymaking scheme.
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How to use surefire in a sentence
Leveraging Google My Business is a surefire way to give your business a much-needed visibility boost.
A small business’ step-by-step guide to dominating local search in 2021 | Joseph Dyson | February 10, 2021 | Search Engine WatchThis is a surefire recipe for a treat that delivers on appearance without making you work too hard.
Sticky, gooey, crunchy, chewy — 11 gluten-free cookie recipes to delight in this holiday season | Becky Krystal | December 17, 2020 | Washington PostIn Charlie Kolar, a surefire NFL draft pick, Iowa State has the school’s all-time single-season record holder for receiving yards by a tight end.
The Secret To Iowa State’s Improbable Season? Balance. | Josh Planos | December 15, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightThe Game of Life, currently published by Hasbro, is a surefire family bet available on a budget that follows a time-tested formula for fun.
Best board games: Five things to consider | PopSci Commerce Team | December 10, 2020 | Popular-ScienceUrging such high-risk people to stay home and safe this Thanksgiving is the most surefire way to prevent that reality from becoming even more entrenched.
It’s not too late: 5 ways to dramatically lower your COVID Thanksgiving risk | Sy Mukherjee | November 24, 2020 | Fortune
But even before adults enter their senior years, children are not a surefire way to inoculate against loneliness.
So Hachette and the other publishers were all ears when Steve Jobs came a-calling with a surefire way to jack up e-book prices.
Amazon Is NOT the Vladimir Putin of the Publishing World | Nick Gillespie | June 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf you should one day decide to be a teacher, or seek a public office, this is a surefire way to block such endeavors.
An Open Letter to Sydney Leathers: Please Don’t Do Porn | Aurora Snow | July 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTA surefire way to keep ‘The View’ as kooky as ever: hire Jenny McCarthy.
The Best and Worst of Jenny McCarthy (Video) | Sara Bower, Natasha Bach | July 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe only surefire way to prevent that is to be constantly changing up your devices.
How to Keep the NSA at Bay: The Tricks From Privacy Experts | Winston Ross | June 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was a surefire way of reminding the captains that men and frogs were brothers under the skin.
The Mississippi Saucer | Frank Belknap Long
British Dictionary definitions for sure-fire
(usually prenominal) informal certain to succeed or meet expectations; assured
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