likelihood
Example Sentences
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The likelihood of developing hearing loss or tinnitus increases with age and exposure to loud noise.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
Alan Shearer: If you win one group game then the likelihood is you are going to make the last 32, and Scotland's chance is against Haiti.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Since the start of the Iran conflict, markets have been steadily pricing in a higher likelihood of rate hikes in 2026, according to CME Group data.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
His company sells a polygenic embryo-screening product, which screens prospective parents’ embryos and produces risk scores for their likelihood of developing disease, as well as factors like height, IQ and eye color.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Voight’s paper had stated the possibility, even likelihood, of a landslide.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
Vocabulary lists containing likelihood
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