likelihood
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The report described the recommendations as "robust" and said they "should minimise the likelihood of a recurrence or similar tragedy".
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
The figure for the 21-country euro area was up sharply from 3.2 percent in August and remains well above the European Central Bank's two-percent target, raising the likelihood of another interest rate increase.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Markets are now pricing a 57% likelihood that the Fed holds, according to LSEG.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Another prediction market, Kalshi, was giving a similar likelihood on Wednesday of 62%.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
But the more I tried to distract myself, the more I began to convince myself that Mr. Pirzada’s family was in all likelihood dead.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
We do not ascribe likelihoods to either scenario.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 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
In the end, Mr. Murray approaches the whole question less as a person of faith than as a social scientist, weighing likelihoods and limiting his conclusions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
Within a few years a bill was passed giving Home Rule to Ireland; and national parliaments at Dublin and at Cardiff are said to be among the likelihoods of the near future.
From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Kenneth Morris
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Statistics and Probability - Middle School
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