toss-up

Example Sentences

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WSJ’s visual analysis shows which races are tossups or safe.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

The other four are considered highly competitive, with two of them likely tossups.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2022

The contest has so far reverted to form with most states, including a number that looked like tossups, landing exactly in the same spot as they did in 2016.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2020

I’ve listed Arizona, Florida and Maine’s 2nd Congressional District as tossups, since the races there remain unresolved.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2018

Mr. Rock and the show’s writers made it the narrative engine for an awards show that had few urgent rivalries or tossups.

From New York Times • Feb. 29, 2016