How to Use shoo-in in a Sentence
shoo-in
noun
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Detroit is now 9-1 on the season and looks like a shoo-in to have the best record in the NFC.
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Andy Scholes,
CNN,
21 Nov. 2024
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At first blush, Gabe Evans would seem like a shoo-in for this race.
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Geoffrey Skelley,
ABC News,
24 June 2024
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So does that mean Williams is a shoo-in for the top spot in the upcoming draft?
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Sam Farmer,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Oct. 2023
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The 22-year-old should have been a shoo-in for admission.
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Nikole Hannah-Jones,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2024
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The choice of the award’s latest recipient proved to be a shoo-in.
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Peter Marks,
Washington Post,
22 Feb. 2023
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Thus, a horse or a person who is an easy winner is known as a shoo-in.
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Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 May 2024
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Susie’s got people on her roster that no one was a shoo-in.
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Christy Piña,
The Hollywood Reporter,
29 May 2023
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Yet the 59-year-old Harris is hardly a shoo-in to replace Biden.
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Lorraine Ali,
Los Angeles Times,
5 July 2024
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Surely if Kelce is allowed back, Swift would be a shoo-in?
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Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
12 Feb. 2024
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There will be at least one goalie that doesn’t make this team that right now would be a shoo-in No. 1 for Canada.
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Corey Masisak,
The Denver Post,
10 Feb. 2024
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It was shot in Montauk during the summer of 2023, and feels like a shoo-in for a buzzy Eccles premiere.
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Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
6 Dec. 2024
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This celebrity and royal-worn sneaker brand is a shoo-in for style, class, and comfort.
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Alyssa Grabinski,
Peoplemag,
12 June 2023
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What might have been a shoo-in for Chappell Roan will now be a more spirited contest.
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Paul Grein,
Billboard,
4 Oct. 2024
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With numbers like that, The Lincoln Lawyer seems like a shoo-in for a season 3 renewal.
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Terri Robertson,
Country Living,
3 Aug. 2023
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If there was a contest for girls obsessed with their exes, Olivia Rodrigo would be a shoo-in for the crown.
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Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
22 Mar. 2024
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The song has garnered the most streams for Cowboy Carter thus far and could be a shoo-in for best country (or pop) duo/group performance.
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Mesfin Fekadu,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Apr. 2024
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Bell seemed a roster shoo-in during the spring workout program as a rookie.
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Michael Gehlken,
Dallas News,
14 Sep. 2023
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The Chanticleers are coming off tough seasons, so this year’s promo is far from a shoo-in.
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Jason Clinkscales,
Sportico.com,
30 Oct. 2024
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While Biles appears to be a shoo-in for the Olympics, the four other teammates and two alternates are yet to be determined.
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Caitlin O'Kane,
CBS News,
20 May 2024
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Are John Wick 4 and Mission: Impossible 7 shoo-ins for next year?
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Vulture,
8 Mar. 2023
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But Poker Face was also supposed to be a shoo-in for the Comedy Series list.
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Time,
12 July 2023
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Many people believed that Gerwig and Robbie were shoo-ins.
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Mary McNamara,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2024
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White women make up a major part of the electorate and are in no way a shoo-in for any Democratic candidate.
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Brea Baker,
refinery29.com,
9 Oct. 2024
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If this were Cannes, Besson’s latest would be a shoo-in for the Palm Dog, canine cinema’s highest honor.
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Patrick Brzeski,
The Hollywood Reporter,
31 Aug. 2023
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The two fighters who finished their opponents are almost always a shoo-in for the bonuses.
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Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
20 Oct. 2024
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Gifting fragrance can be a hit or miss, but Lake & Skye's roll-on fragrance oil is a shoo-in to be a fabulous stocking stuffer loved by all.
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People Staff,
People.com,
29 Nov. 2024
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The world of Pandora is visually arresting and makes the film almost a shoo-in for the Best Visual Effects award, at least.
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Keith Nelson,
Men's Health,
10 Mar. 2023
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Who will get a best new artist nod (other than shoo-ins Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter)?
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Melissa Ruggieri,
USA TODAY,
21 Nov. 2024
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Voters who, by dint of geography and race, were assumed to be shoo-in Democrats were having second thoughts.
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E. Tammy Kim,
The New Yorker,
19 Aug. 2024
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Twenty-three years later, the sequel seems like a shoo-in for a nom, boasting Aardman’s trademark mix of British wit and amusing stop-motion work.
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Peter Debruge,
Variety,
5 Dec. 2023
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