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Example sentences for: foregone

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Studies say that a dollar contributed to opera costs the government between 40 and 45 cents in foregone revenue.
Bond yields have soared above 6 percent on fears of inflation, and an interest-rate hike by the Fed at its August meeting now seems a foregone conclusion.
It had cut deals with key telcos to have access to DSL customers, a deal with AT&T (once its exclusive arrangement with Excite@Home expired) felt like a foregone conclusion, and again cutting a deal with Time Warner could not have been that hard a proposition.
Rational creatures that they are, both candidates reduce their expenditures rather than try to change a foregone conclusion.
And here's where the "foregone conclusion" looks a little less foregone, primarily because both OPEC and non-member countries, such as Mexico and Norway, have shown restraint in the face of rising prices.