likely
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Options suggest investors see flows via the strait resuming soon as the most likely outcome, but they are implicitly placing a 37% chance on oil above $100 a barrel in three months, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Then there’s the fact that with earnings season mostly wrapped up, there’s nothing likely to move earnings estimates over the next month or so–geopolitics aside–until conferences start up and executives’ windows for commentary open again.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
They said the situation was likely to end in an explosion or chemical spill.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
An easy conclusion to make would be that Iran headlines likely keep the $30 trillion U.S.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
“It’s just interesting—the caller could have said ‘him,’ and in a way that would have been more likely if it were a family member.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Vocabulary lists containing likely
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 4
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 3
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