like as not
Example Sentences
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Every one of these 15 stories is narrated by a man in his 40s, like as not striving for patience with a clinically depressed wife or girlfriend.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2023
Which is why it will always irk a novelist to be told that his characters are not nice or easy to identify with, when as like as not they are not meant to be.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 8, 2010
Now, replace the knocked-out gene with the human version — and like as not, you will have restored the yeast to its former frothy self.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2010
Falling into the trap, the G.I., like as not, would tell his room number.
From Time Magazine Archive
And like as not, when they sent the bank statement out, she would want to know why I never deposited my salary until the sixth.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
