How to Use odds-on in a Sentence

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• Now Duncanville — the state’s top team and the preseason odds-on favorite in 6A — will watch the playoffs from afar.
  — Dallas News, 15 Feb. 2023
• Favorites won five of the nine races with even-money or odds-on favorites scoring four wins in as many starts.
  — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2023
• Since early last year, Raisi has emerged as the odds-on favorite to become Iran’s next supreme leader.
  — Sanam Vakil, Foreign Affairs, 9 Apr. 2017
• The two-time defending champion United States is no longer the odds-on favorite to win the title.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
• Her improbable victory in the final came against an odds-on favorite in Jabeur, the world No. 6 and thus the sixth seed in the tournament.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 15 July 2023
• But all of these incumbents, including Gloria, appear the odds-on favorites at the moment.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2024
• Projected to do well DeSantis started as the odds-on favorite to mount a real challenge to Trump, only to pull out of the race after the first contest of the election, the Iowa caucuses.
  — Jeffrey Schweers, Hartford Courant, 28 Jan. 2024
• Still, India is the odds-on favorites for this year’s trophy, with bookmakers citing their impressive roster of stars and the host nation’s advantage.
  — Tim Chan, Variety, 2 Nov. 2023
• This may be the case for this year's race as well, as one of the Derby's odds-on favorites, Forte, has reportedly been scratched from the competition following an injury during a morning run.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 6 May 2023
• Mooney was endorsed by the anti-tax Club for Growth, which had vowed to spend millions in support of their candidate but ultimately didn't invest as significantly after Justice became the odds-on primary favorite.
  — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 14 May 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024