Hobson's choice

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Recent Examples on the Web Read my lips, in a veritable Hobson's choice between person or thing, AI is a thing, for now. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 June 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Hobson's choice
Noun
  • The former and future president is a strong believer in using coercion, such as economic sanctions, to pressure other actors.
    Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Drouin cited links between Bishnoi's network and various violent acts in Canada, ranging from coercion to assassination plots, describing a sophisticated web of organized efforts.
    Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Operating in loose cooperation with Lebanese insurgents, these militias wreaked havoc on Israeli forces and their collaborators.
    Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
  • The reduction in net loss was primarily due to the realization of cost savings from reductions in force and cost-cutting measures.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • According to court officials, jurors were told to cast their vote before arriving for duty Oct. 18 at the Carroll County Courthouse in Delphi.
    Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Voters arrived at the Brighton District Library after the polls opened at 7 a.m. to perform their civic duty and vote.
    Arpan Lobo, Nushrat Rahman, Natalie Davies, Lindsay Tague, Alexander Boesch, Sarah Moore, Sophia Jundy, Mikia Lawrence, Alec Mork, Siddhi Choubey and Sonja Krohn, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The company acknowledges its dependence on maintaining compatibility with customer IT infrastructures and managing global operations to meet future obligations.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
  • And yet, while NBC stations — which are the ones licensed by the FCC, rather than the network itself — had made good on their equal-time obligations to Trump within 24 hours, on Monday morning, Carr was on live with Fox Business’s Maria Bartiromo, threatening to pull the licenses of NBC stations.
    Josef Adalian, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • George Gascón now says that 2007 confession was false and made under duress.
    Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Provenance issues play significantly different roles in two major restitution initiatives in the US, one relating to Nazi theft and acquisition of art under duress, the other concerning Native American human remains and cultural heritage.
    Patricia Failing, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024

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“Hobson's choice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Hobson%27s%20choice. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.

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