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Examples of sure thing in a Sentence
he's a sure thing for the promotion: he's the most qualified candidate by far
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Because the voters have spoken: this is no sure thing.
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Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2025
Watch on Deadline Cord-cutting, however, has depleted the once-fat margins of RSNs and made once-typical increases in carriage fees much less of a sure thing.
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 2 Jan. 2025
The typical hallmarks of the commercial, crowd-pleasing indie are not the sure things anymore.
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Brian Welk, IndieWire, 21 Jan. 2025
Lamoriello has basically structured his front office so that the only real option to replace him is his son, Chris, so any sort of midseason change seems far-fetched, and even an offseason change is no sure thing.
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Sean McIndoe, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1767, in the meaning defined above
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“Sure thing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sure%20thing. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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