odds
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Odds are good that the Cleveland Fed model will be more accurate.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
Odds of a quarter-point cut this year were down to 6.1%.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
Jill Lawrence is a journalist and the author of “The Art of the Political Deal: How Congress Beat the Odds and Broke Through Gridlock.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
The tifo stretched across the Star Lane end by Macclesfield's fans moments before the start of the FA Cup tie with Brentford was emblazoned with the message: "Against All Odds".
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026
Odds were something would eventually bounce the right way and drop through the hoop.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
Vocabulary lists containing odds
"Stone Fox" by John Reynolds Gardiner
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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"The Tragedy of Hamlet," Vocabulary from Act 5
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