outside chance
Example Sentences
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Over the past three months, investors have dramatically dialed back their expectations for interest-rate cuts, while the outside chance of a rate hike has crept back into the perceived distribution of outcomes.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026
Forest stood an outside chance of climbing into the top eight going into the final round of matches but needed to beat Robbie Keane's Ferencvaros and rely on other results going their way.
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026
But despite fielding a young team that struggled offensively, the Wolverines still had an outside chance at making the College Football Playoff heading into the final week of the season.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025
Depending how that series goes, there is an outside chance he has played his last Test in this country.
From BBC • Jul. 30, 2025
Although there is not a Nobel Prize in Mathematics, he might have had an outside chance at the Peace Prize.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
