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a
: a one-sided contest : an easy victory
In states and localities across America, good times are making for reelection cakewalks.—
Douglas Foster
Douglas Foster
b
: an easy task
… it's no cakewalk to raise a family on two part-time salaries, even for a little while.—Belinda Luscombe
Belinda Luscombe2
: an African American entertainment having a cake as prize for the most accomplished steps and figures in walking
3
: a stage dance developed from walking steps and figures typically involving a high prance with backward tilt
cakewalk
intransitive verb
cakewalker
noun
Examples of cakewalk in a Sentence
She expected the election to be a cakewalk.
Reducing the state budget is not going to be a cakewalk.
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That being said, a rematch of Duke's December win over Auburn would hardly be a cakewalk for the Blue Devils.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
Smaller groups went up for cakewalks.
—Simon J. Levien, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2025
The 1st Congressional District is the most conservative in the state and expected to be a cakewalk for Republicans.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 30 Mar. 2025
Williams hit all three of her 3s in the first-round cakewalk past San Diego State, and Johnson had an efficient 22 points in 22 minutes of floor time.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
Smaller groups went up for cakewalks.
—Simon J. Levien, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2025
The 1st Congressional District is the most conservative in the state and expected to be a cakewalk for Republicans.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 30 Mar. 2025
Williams hit all three of her 3s in the first-round cakewalk past San Diego State, and Johnson had an efficient 22 points in 22 minutes of floor time.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cakewalk
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“Cakewalk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cakewalk. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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