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Ultimately, the three factors discussed here suggest that fears of widespread violence by vigilantes and activists during and after Election Day should be treated as fears, not as a probable outcome.
ELECTION VIOLENCE IN NOVEMBER? HERE’S WHAT THE RESEARCH SAYSLGBTQ-EDITOROCTOBER 2, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWSThe charges were filed Thursday in the 36th District Court in Detroit, where a judge found probable cause to support them, according to the Associated Press.
MICHIGAN’S LESBIAN AG SLAPS FELONY CHARGES ON WOHL, BURKMAN FOR ROBOCALLSCHRIS JOHNSONOCTOBER 1, 2020WASHINGTON BLADEThe more probable outcome is that business will have to adapt to a disorienting new rule book in Washington and in government at all levels nationwide.
WHAT BUSINESS NEEDS FROM THE 2020 ELECTIONGEOFFREY COLVINSEPTEMBER 30, 2020FORTUNELife events and random circumstances tug kids in different directions, making various outcomes more or less probable but never dictating outcomes, the authors emphasize.
‘THE ORIGINS OF YOU’ EXPLORES HOW KIDS DEVELOP INTO THEIR ADULT SELVESBRUCE BOWERSEPTEMBER 16, 2020SCIENCE NEWSThis information allows consumers to contact manufacturers directly to inquire about the source of product ingredients and notify the company of any known or probable reactions to the ingredients.
THE ‘INACTIVE' INGREDIENTS IN YOUR PILLS COULD HARM YOUBY YELENA IONOVA/THE CONVERSATIONSEPTEMBER 15, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEClimate change is causing especially rapid warming in the Arctic, with probable negative effects for many of these species.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OPENED THE ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE TO OIL COMPANIES—BUT NONE MAY BITEBY SCOTT L. MONTGOMERY/THE CONVERSATIONAUGUST 26, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEIt is probable that Mlle. Mayer came under the influence of Prud'hon as early as 1802, possibly before that time.
WOMEN IN THE FINE ARTS, FROM THE SEVENTH CENTURY B.C. TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY A.D.CLARA ERSKINE CLEMENTMen's probable actions are calculated by the law of reason; but their performance is usually the result of caprice.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERIt is probable he wished to provide written proof of a plea that he was an unwilling agent in the clutch of a mutinous army.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYIt is therefore probable that some of Trevithick's engines reached Jamaica.
LIFE OF RICHARD TREVITHICK, VOLUME II (OF 2)FRANCIS TREVITHICKWORDS RELATED TO PROBABLE
- about to happen
- approaching
- brewing
- close
- coming
- expectant
- fast-approaching
- following
- forthcoming
- gathering
- immediate
- impending
- in store
- in the air
- in the cards
- in the offing
- in the wind
- in view
- ineluctable
- inescapable
- inevasible
- inevitable
- likely
- looming
- menacing
- near
- nearing
- next
- nigh
- on its way
- on the horizon
- on the verge
- overhanging
- possible
- probable
- see it coming
- threatening
- to come
- unavoidable
- unescapable
- accepted
- accredited
- acknowledged
- admissible
- appropriate
- authorized
- canonical
- certain
- cogent
- consistent
- correct
- customary
- fair
- genuine
- good-faith
- innocent
- just
- justifiable
- lawful
- licit
- logical
- natural
- normal
- official
- on the level
- on the up and up
- orthodox
- probable
- proper
- real
- reasonable
- received
- recognized
- regular
- reliable
- rightful
- sanctioned
- sensible
- sound
- statutory
- sure
- true
- typical
- usual
- verifiable
- warranted
- well-founded
- aboveboard
- acceptable
- authentic
- colorable
- conceivable
- convincing
- credential
- credible
- creditable
- fiduciary
- honest-to-god
- imaginable
- impressive
- likely
- persuasive
- plausible
- possible
- presumable
- presumptive
- probable
- rational
- reasonable
- reliable
- satisfying
- straight
- supposable
- tenable
- tried
- trusty
- unquestionable
- up front
- aboveboard
- colorable
- conceivable
- conclusive
- creditable
- dependable
- determinative
- honest
- honest to God
- imaginable
- likely
- plausible
- possible
- probable
- probably
- rational
- reasonable
- reliable
- satisfactory
- satisfying
- seeming
- sincere
- solid
- sound
- straight
- supposable
- tenable
- thinkable
- trustworthy
- trusty
- up front
- valid
- accustomed
- anticipated
- characteristic
- common
- commonplace
- congenital
- connatural
- consistent
- constant
- counted on
- customary
- essential
- familiar
- general
- habitual
- inborn
- indigenous
- ingenerate
- inherent
- innate
- instinctive
- intuitive
- involuntary
- legitimate
- logical
- looked for
- matter-of-course
- natal
- native
- ordinary
- prevailing
- prevalent
- probable
- reasonable
- regular
- relied on
- spontaneous
- typic
- typical
- unacquired
- uncontrolled
- uniform
- universal
- usual
- accessible
- achievable
- adventitious
- advisable
- available
- breeze
- can do
- cinch
- conceivable
- credible
- dependent
- desirable
- doable
- dormant
- duck soup
- easy as pie
- expedient
- feasible
- fortuitous
- hopeful
- hypothetical
- imaginable
- indeterminate
- latent
- no sweat
- obtainable
- piece of cake
- potential
- practicable
- probable
- promising
- pushover
- realizable
- setup
- simple as ABC
- snap
- thinkable
- uncertain
- viable
- welcome
- within reach
- workable
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