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Sophie's choices

Sophie's choices is the plural of Sophie's choice.

Meaning of Sophie's choice

Noun

Sophie's choice (plural Sophie's choices)

  1. A choice where every alternative has significant negative consequences.
    • As things turned out, all the enemy missiles were destroyed in flight -- two were hit very early after launch by an airborne laser system -- and a Sophie's choice was averted."2004 March 17, Bradley Graham, “Simulated Attacks Repelled In Antimissile War Game; U.S. Almost Exhausted Arsenal of Interceptors”, in Washington Post, page A03

Questions about Sophie's choices

What is Sophie's choices the plural of?
Sophie's choices is the plural of Sophie's choice.

Words near Sophie's choices in the dictionary

  1. sophick mercury
  2. sophie
  3. Sophie Germain prime
  4. Sophie Germain primes
  5. Sophie's choice
  6. Sophie's choices
  7. sophies
  8. sophiologic
  9. sophiological
  10. sophiology
  11. Sophis

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