as likely as not
Example Sentences
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The Reserve Bank of Australia is as likely as not to leave rates right where they are on Tuesday, according to traders emboldened by signs of a peak in price pressures.
From Reuters • Dec. 2, 2022
Unfortunately, speculation and calls for greater police involvement on social media with the family are as likely as not to make the situation worse.
From Slate • Jan. 26, 2021
Dropped down at random in history, we are all as likely as not to be members of the Soprano crew, waiting outside Satriale’s Pork Store.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 16, 2019
For the first time, it’s as likely as not that American children will be less prosperous than their parents.
From New York Times • Dec. 25, 2018
They’d as likely as not have a big laugh over it.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
