How to Use foregone conclusion in a Sentence

foregone conclusion

noun

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Why go through all that inconvenient prep ahead of time when the results are a foregone conclusion?
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 5 Nov. 2021
• There can be multiple songs of the summer, or there can be just one, but that there will be a discussion is a foregone conclusion.
  — Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 24 Apr. 2022
• Through howling or scent-marking or both, the two young wolves found each other and liked each other, which is by no means a foregone conclusion.
  — Morgan Heim, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
• For the Halls, who are Black, their Christian faith made forgiveness less something to grapple with and more a foregone conclusion.
  — Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2021
• The Dodgers are the favorites to win the NL West, but they shouldn’t be favored to the point that a division championship is considered a foregone conclusion.
  — Dylan Hernández Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024