heads or tails
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And flipping a coin on heads, or tails, 24 times in a row has odds of one in 16.7 million.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
The iPhone Clean Up tool did OK with the grass, but couldn’t make heads or tails of the tents in the background.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
Whether that falls heads or tails, though, generative AI isn't going to be what kills the arts and humanities.
From Salon • Aug. 29, 2023
Let’s start by considering our hypothetical quantum system that can, when observed, come up either heads or tails.
From Scientific American • May 22, 2023
“This is where he seems to go completely bonkers. I can’t make heads or tails of it.”
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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