likely
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Likely first-round draft pick Logan Schmidt will be on the mound for Ganesha, offering a huge challenge for the Cubs.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
"Likely AI edited, but the meaning is real," one Reddit user wrote.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
Likely, he is not someone who will eventually see reason, have empathy, turn his life around and learn to have healthy boundaries.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026
Likely to be a European country, he said, but didn’t know who exactly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025
Thirty-eight students were lost—including the school’s star running back and the girl voted Most Likely to Succeed.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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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