How to Use toss-up in a Sentence

toss-up

noun
  • That game, of course, will be a toss-up now.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 15 May 2026
  • This time This series looks like a toss-up.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Inland counties are much more of a toss-up.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The race is still considered a toss-up.
    — Mark Barabak, Mercury News, 20 June 2026
  • Shortstop is the biggest toss-up.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Either way, this is a toss-up that will come down to the last week of the season.
    — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Most experts and observers in the region view the race as a toss-up.
    — Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2025
  • On the last night of the conference, the dinner was a toss-up.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The presidential race is neck and neck, a toss-up, a dead heat.
    — Jack Schlossberg, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2024
  • The governor's race is widely seen as a toss-up.
    — Stephen Fowler, NPR, 18 May 2026
  • The race has been rated a toss-up by CPR.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 16 May 2026
  • All in all, the choice between the treadmill and the street is pretty much a toss-up.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Arizona is no longer a toss-up state in the presidential race.
    — Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 12 July 2024
  • The Gators are slight favorites going into this game, but this is a toss-up.
    — Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The toss-up here will come down to short-term value versus long-term potential.
    — Katie Woo, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Ross sees the case as a toss-up, but predicts the court won’t overturn the entire program.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Analysts have rated the district as a toss-up.
    — Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2026
  • Ahead of this year’s midterms, only 18 races are considered toss-ups.
    — Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Considering how alike the two devices are, this could almost be a toss-up.
    — PCMAG, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Meanwhile coach of the year is a toss-up between three managers who really stepped up to the task.
    — Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Some answers, though, fell on the edge of this somewhat murky threshold—thus the slight toss-up in final scores.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 10 June 2026
  • Otherwise, the rest of the re-signing options are pretty much toss-ups.
    — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Elordi Ah, the one category that's a true toss-up!
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Forecasts rate Ohio's Senate race as a toss-up, and most surveys have it a dead heat.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 6 May 2026
  • Most economists view a rate cut next month as a toss-up amid signs of a slowdown in the disinflation trend.
    — Lucia Mutikani, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Wisconsin will be one of the biggest toss-ups in the general election.
    — Scott Bauer, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The game truly does feel like a toss-up, though Nebraska is a slight betting favorite.
    — Jesse Temple, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
  • North Carolina is part of that equation given its toss-up status.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The rest showed a toss-up contest that's nearly as close as a coin flip in the lead up to Election Day.
    — Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Forecasters rate the Peach State as a toss-up as both parties are vying to nab the seat.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 30 July 2025

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