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outside chance
adjective as in improbable
adjective as in unlikely
noun as in dark horse
noun as in fighting chance
noun as in gamble
noun as in likelihood
noun as in long shot
noun as in possibility
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in probability
noun as in shot in the dark
Example Sentences
New Zealand's win in India means they have an outside chance of reaching the World Test Championship final, having won the inaugural competition in 2021.
The pair's new film A Real Pain, which is written and directed by Eisenberg, has been widely praised at film festivals and could have an outside chance of making waves in awards season.
Despite defeat, it was the Pumas' most successful Rugby Championship after they defeated every team, and headed into the final round still with an outside chance of the title.
A more truthful ad might say that studies are equivocal or, as the widower of one patient drawn in by an ad wrote in an op-ed article: “an outside chance for people with advanced lung cancer to live just a few months longer.”
Woods had started the day eight back and still had an outside chance of challenging when he walked on to the eighth tee.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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