probability
Example Sentences
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Such contracts were priced at just 8 cents apiece, implying that Polymarket users saw only an 8% probability of the Venezuelan strongman losing power this month, the platform’s data shows.
The equations that describe how a quantum system evolves over time must conserve total probability, which always adds up to one, and they must allow processes to be reversed.
From Science Daily
Insolvencies occur far less frequently than bank failures, and large, well-rated insurers have extremely low default probabilities.
On 22 December, Monmouthshire council said "on the balance of probabilities" Mrs Light demonstrated the legal right could be granted.
From BBC
Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal raised their estimated probability of a recession over the next 12 months to 45%, from 22% in January.
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