give odds
Example Sentences
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Another, OddsChecker, refused to even give odds on Admirals “due to some expert sleuthing.”
From Washington Times • Jan. 6, 2022
He no longer thinks it’s best to give odds of winning, focusing instead on what share of the vote each candidate is projected to get.
From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2018
So-called experts give odds on the nominees in top categories, but the knowledge that only the winner will be revealed renders that exercise useless; now it'd mean something.
From Time Magazine Archive
Says Gary Wenglowski, director of economic research for Wall Street's Goldman, Sachs investment firm: "I'd give odds of 60 to 40 that the Administration's new package will include credit controls."
From Time Magazine Archive
“There or maybe Santa Cruz. Anyways, I’ll give odds she ain’t farther away than San Jose.”
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
