chance
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“Fed fund futures now imply a 57% of no rate change in September, from a 54% chance of a hike before” the report, the senior market analyst notes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Preparations for a new museum building and permanent galleries scheduled to open in 2027 gave researchers an unusual chance to study the specimen in greater detail using high-resolution CT scanning.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
And he had another chance after the season ended with his position coach Demetrice Martin left for Arizona State.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
The near flip-of-a-coin chance of being left empty-handed on liability and medical claims, and the yearslong trend toward relatively fewer payouts, mirrors what’s happening to homeowners and their insurance coverage, the Journal previously reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
“But now, my mom’s okay with it. And she talks up music therapy every chance she gets,” he adds.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
The chances of an increase in September were slashed to about 43 percent from 64 percent a week ago, according to Bloomberg.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
In fact, the DeepMind team calculated the chances of a human playing it at one in 10,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
The report only slightly lowered the chances of a rate hike, he added.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
The secondary market allows fans to re-sell their tickets, potentially opening chances to see sold-through or popular sports, but the prices could fluctuate drastically.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
In April 1769, Washington offered an opportunity to buy chances to win “prizes.”
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Ionic Mineral Technologies was mining the clay in Utah when it chanced upon what could be the critical mineral equivalent of a gold mine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
He started out as a fiction writer who, while living in Paris, chanced upon avant-garde jazz and took up the saxophone.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2025
The British director Titley said she chanced upon the reality show and reached out to Nasubi because she felt no one had ever told his side of the story.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2024
Walter Shawlee chanced upon a slide rule from high school while looking through a drawer at his home in Kelowna, British Columbia.
From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2024
I chanced a look at Raheem, expecting a glare, but he was smiling.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
“I was chancing my arm seeing if I could get flying lessons,” Jean-Baptiste continues, laughing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025
If chancing the arm sounds simple, look what happened when Zak Crawley tried the same.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2024
Like Friday nights at Blockbuster back in the day, the pleasure of Shudder is in chancing upon under-the-radar stuff.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2019
“You’re always chancing it when you come back,” Romo said during his postgame news conference on Thanksgiving.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 3, 2015
Was it worth chancing it, or should he double back?
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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Statistics and Probability - Middle School
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