probability
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As a long-term investor, it’s important to determine the risk of disruption to a business, the probability of which these days “has gone up enormously,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
Still, "recession risks are easing as oil prices moderate and the probability of worst-case scenarios fades", wrote Matthew Martin of Oxford Economics.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
"The voters of Makerfield are, in all probability, shaping who our next prime minister will be," he added.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
They tell clients in a note that a deterioration in housing market sentiment would also increase the probability of lower valuation multiples for bank stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
They all talked at once, their voices insistent and contradictory and impatient, making of unreality a possibility, then a probability, then an incontrovertible fact, as people will when their desires become words.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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