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Recent Examples of Hobson's choice
Read my lips, in a veritable Hobson's choice between person or thing, AI is a thing, for now.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 June 2022
Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 June 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Hobson's choice
Noun
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This era demonstrated how hegemony involves more than coercion.—
Andrew Latham,
The Conversation,
30 May 2025
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Ventura Fine finally came forward in November 2023, filing a lawsuit alleging that Combs kept her locked in the abusive relationship through frequent beatings, coercion, control over her career and blackmail.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
Noun
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He was pronounced dead later that same day, and his cause of death was listed as blunt force trauma.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
29 May 2025
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Cooper is the driving force of two of those episodes, including the gobsmacking third episode, in which Jamie (now being held in a youth detention facility before his trial) sits down with forensic psychologist Briony Ariston (Erin Doherty) for an unnerving interview.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
29 May 2025
Noun
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In its ruling, the court said the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which Trump invoked to impose the tariffs, does not authorize a president to levy universal duties on imports.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
29 May 2025
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The federal court ruling aimed at striking down the majority of President Donald Trump's tariffs could force the government to pay back billions of dollars in import duties that have already been collected.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
Noun
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The stakes are high: the Alliance wants to place the city’s homelessness programs into receivership, effectively removing control from Mayor Karen Bass, on the grounds that the city is not meeting its legal obligations for providing such services.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2025
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If another front office sees Holiday’s contract as positive value, the Celtics should strike quickly, but (justifiably!) paying him produced a remaining obligation that is below water.—
Danny Leroux,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
Noun
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In years to come, these five films will be studied and appreciated not only as models of cinematic stealth and resourcefulness but also as a series of wry, even whimsical, self-portraits—a triumph of imaginative reflection under duress.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 May 2025
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Some shrieking can be heard as the video comes to an end, though Judy remains cool under duress throughout.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 May 2025
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“Hobson's choice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Hobson%27s%20choice. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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