probability

The statistical analysis indicated a 99 percent probability that the medication was more effective than the placebo.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026

You stop guessing whether you’ll be OK and get a probability instead.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026

EEA studies compare an event's characteristics, such as its probability and intensity in the current climate, to a "counterfactual" world without human-caused emissions.

From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026

Coast Guard suspended its active search based on the extensive efforts already conducted and the dwindling probability of locating a survivor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026

In this they are quite unlike testimonies, which degrade as they pass from ear to ear in an endless game of Chinese whispers; eighteenth-century probability theorists actually devised formulae for calculating this rate of degradation.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Surveys of AI researchers consistently report nontrivial probabilities assigned to human extinction from AI: A 2023 survey of nearly 2,800 researchers produced a median estimate in the 5% to 10% range.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

Forecasts from the WMO global network "indicate a pronounced shift toward El Nino conditions, with probabilities reaching 80 percent for June-August", the Geneva-based organisation said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

He then used the change in prediction-market implied probabilities of a normalization of Strait of Hormuz traffic to benchmark the moves in macro assets and estimate how much further markets could run.

From MarketWatch ● May 29, 2026

The trust accepts that had a C-section been performed earlier, "on the balance of probabilities", Lois would have been born alive, but denies she would necessarily have been born healthy.

From BBC ● May 11, 2026

Lee’s mind leaped ahead at the possibilities—no, they were probabilities, and his finger tapping slowed still further.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck