odds

Example Sentences

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But she said she believed her daughters would "defy all the odds" and that with the right help, "they will fight this".

From BBC

But that’s unlikely to last for long—odds are that some other team will pay him handsomely to actually become their starter next year.

From The Wall Street Journal

Economists at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School worry less about the impact of a wealth tax on the already wealthy and more about how it might further shrink a startup’s odds of success.

From Barron's

The stock market on average rises in roughly two out of every three years — and these odds don’t change because of how it performs in the trading days at the beginning of January.

From MarketWatch

The market has already risen for three consecutive years, which improves the odds for a gain.

From Barron's