as in gamble
a risky undertaking
there are almost no sure bets in the movie business—almost everything is a crapshoot
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Recent Examples of crapshoot
Building casinos in New York has similarly been a crapshoot.
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Kristy Marmorato, New York Daily News, 26 July 2025
Preseason polls always are a crapshoot, now even more so given tremendous roster turnover between graduation losses and NCAA transfer portal comings and goings.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2025
Baseball’s playoff system is something of a crapshoot, however, making World Series victories an incomplete gauge.
—Evan Drellich, New York Times, 10 July 2025
Matching other components to the exterior of the system can be a bit of a crapshoot, though.
—ArsTechnica, 18 June 2025
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Kristy Marmorato, New York Daily News, 26 July 2025
Preseason polls always are a crapshoot, now even more so given tremendous roster turnover between graduation losses and NCAA transfer portal comings and goings.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2025
Baseball’s playoff system is something of a crapshoot, however, making World Series victories an incomplete gauge.
—Evan Drellich, New York Times, 10 July 2025
Matching other components to the exterior of the system can be a bit of a crapshoot, though.
—ArsTechnica, 18 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for crapshoot
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crapshoot
Noun
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For Machado and the Venezuelan opposition, embracing a narrative in which Maduro is a drug lord, not just a dictator, is a bit of a gamble.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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The lifestyle as a whole is a gamble too.—
Andrew Watman,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Analysts noted the backlog, which includes the $500 billion Stargate supercomputer venture with SoftBank and OpenAI, makes Oracle’s long-term revenue targets highly achievable.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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Yet just a fraction of 1% are building the kinds of technology ventures that attract institutional capital.—
Gelila,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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There has long been speculation that at least two of them needed to drop out to give an opposition candidate a chance against Mamdani, who many view as too far on the Left side of the political spectrum to be mayor.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Sep. 2025
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Deion’s health struggles in the offseason were an object of speculation.—
Sam Settleman,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Crapshoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crapshoot. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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