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Title Race Tightens Losing him now is a tough blow for the Astros, who seemed to be heading for their fifth straight American League West title before a recent tailspin – coupled with a Seattle surge – turned the divisional race into a toss-up.
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Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
The redrawn maps could also insulate five Democrats in toss-up districts.
—Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2025
The Cook Political Report considers the race as a pure toss-up.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
But the rest of the 2025 Emmys race is full of toss-up categories — including two big ones, Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Comedy Series.
—EW.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
The redrawn maps could also insulate five Democrats in toss-up districts.
—Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2025
The Cook Political Report considers the race as a pure toss-up.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
But the rest of the 2025 Emmys race is full of toss-up categories — including two big ones, Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Comedy Series.
—EW.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toss-up
Noun
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To the 73 million Americans whose financial lives depend on the viability of Social Security, those first months were a seesaw of apprehension and rumor.—
Eli Hager,
ProPublica,
8 Sep. 2025
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Usually, these act like a seesaw, one rising while the other falls.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Ceasefire talks ended in deadlock in July.—
Emily Rose,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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On June 30, three months into the standoff, the Missouri Senate Insurance and Banking Committee called the two sides in for a hearing that broke months of deadlock and prompted new proposals from Anthem.—
Bram Sable-Smith,
Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Toss-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toss-up. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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