chances

Example Sentences

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This will boost his chances when the lender assesses his loan application.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

Of the 90 big chances Newcastle created, Howe's men only put away 31 of them.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

She was told it could affect her chances of becoming pregnant, leaving her feeling "like my whole world had come to an end".

From BBC • May 31, 2026

As the smooth highway north of Seville stretched into the vastness of pastoral Extremadura, the chances of finding a lynx, which remains rarer than the snow leopard or the Bengal tiger, felt impossibly small.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

“How many are trying out? What do you think your chances are?”

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty