likelihood
Example Sentences
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He said the figures raised the likelihood the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates this year, contributing to the stock market selloff.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 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
The study found that abatacept worked best in people with the highest likelihood of developing rheumatoid arthritis.
From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026
Entropy is a way of measuring just how disordered that state is and of determining the likelihood of particular outcomes with further shuffles.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing likelihood
Statistics and Probability - Middle School
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