Recent Examples on the WebOnce [former President] Donald Trump got three appointees and the 6-3 conservative majority, that was a foregone conclusion. Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2022 While many categories seem a foregone conclusion based on previous award shows this season—notably three of the acting awards—others are fully up in the air.Vogue, 23 Mar. 2022 These anxieties about status are acutely felt among a cohort for whom going to college can seem a foregone conclusion. Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2022 It has long been considered a foregone conclusion that the Texans' Justin Reid would jump at the chance to leave Houston when free agency opens March 16. Matt Young, Chron, 25 Feb. 2022 Screenings for some cancers fell by 90 percent when COVID struck, making a postpandemic surge of cancer deaths seem a foregone conclusion. Usha Lee Mcfarling, Scientific American, 12 Nov. 2021 Though the guilty verdict was seen as a foregone conclusion, the imposition of a sentence her lawyers decried as far longer than average could give the U.S. extra impetus to strike a deal palatable to Russia as soon as possible. Eric Tucker, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2022 Though the guilty verdict was seen as a foregone conclusion, the imposition of a sentence her lawyers decried as far longer than average could give the U.S. extra impetus to strike a deal palatable to Russia as soon as possible. Eric Tucker, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2022 The life sentence was a foregone conclusion after a jury convicted him of hostage taking resulting in death and other crimes earlier this year. Matthew Barakat, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Aug. 2022 See More