The final decision is by no means a foregone conclusion. Thus the city declared that it would operate it itself, formalizing a foregone conclusion. According to Toobin, the eventual result was therefore a foregone conclusion from that point on. Taubman felt like the move was a foregone conclusion. That the administration would meet with opposition in Congress was a foregone conclusion. That [Bernardo] would be incarcerated for his mortal lifespan seemed a foregone conclusion. With a predominantly Republican Senate, Johnson's impeachment seemed to many a foregone conclusion. Weed worked for Seward's nomination, which appeared to most observers to be a foregone conclusion. The affected operators will receive state compensation for foregone profits. It's all foregone and predictable apart from being inordinately long. The Spanish-French war that ensued from 1635 onwards was not a foregone conclusion. This success led Dan Adams of IGN to call the sequel "basically a foregone conclusion". The unique style of Hunan cuisine is basically a foregone conclusion. The term also applies to foregone income from choosing not to work. That is inefficient because of the foregone interest payment.