likelihood

Volatility is an important input in how options are priced, as it provides traders with an idea of the likelihood that target prices will be reached.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

With markets discounting 75 basis points of additional tightening by summer 2027, SEB thinks maximum hawkishness in market pricing has been reached, reducing the likelihood of further major bond selloffs, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

That, she said, considered the risk he posed to public safety, as well as the likelihood of him absconding or re-offending.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong said in an order granting a preliminary injunction that the government “is regularly abstaining from conducting a likelihood of escape analysis at all” when making arrests without a warrant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

There were pages and pages of gloom about the immediate likelihood of war between Japan and China, and the growing likelihood of war in Europe.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

We do not ascribe likelihoods to either scenario.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Humanoids tasked with performing multiple jobs use artificial intelligence and are “probabilistic,” meaning they operate on statistical likelihoods, not certainty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

The danger arises when people believe that the model is retrieving truth rather than generating likelihoods.

From Salon ● May 12, 2026

Defense departments around the world are preparing for higher likelihoods of conflict.

From Barron's ● Feb. 28, 2026

He or any other mathematician who argued from probabilities and likelihoods in geometry, would not be worth an ace.

From Theaetetus by Benjamin Jowett