Definition of "horserace" []

• A contest in which horses ridden by jockeys are raced against each other. (noun)
• A closely fought contest or competition: "The election appears now to be a horse race” ( New York Times). (noun)

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• "Andrew: I completely contradict the assertion made here, unchallenged, that the horserace is the dominant narrative."
• "How many people out there really thought it was easy to call a horserace?"
• "CNN, and the rest of these garbage infotainment cartels are dragging this "horserace" out bt their absurd distortions of reality."