foregone

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Growing up in the San Fernando Valley in the ’70s and ’80s, it was a foregone conclusion I’d get married one day and have a family.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

If that makes the outcome seem like a foregone conclusion, it ain’t necessarily so, thanks to Labour’s laborious internal democratic process.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

Passage has gone from a foregone conclusion early in the year to a long shot, even though lawmakers hope to hold a committee vote in the next month.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

Those triumphs were not exactly foregone conclusions given the travel sickness Howe's team previously suffered with.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

The castle with its towers and battlements looms below them like some misty vision of foregone glory.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr