probable
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The alleged misconduct came to light in late 2022 after a motorist said police had pulled him over and searched his vehicle without consent or probable cause.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
From a strictly formal standpoint, it is more probable for the patterns that make up our memories and observations to arise from random entropy fluctuations than from a real sequence of past events.
From Science Daily • May 3, 2026
Investors need stronger signals from the Fed to start aligning markets with the full range of probable outcomes for the policy path.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026
“The Fourth Amendment requires a warrant to identify a particular account,” he says, “supported by probable cause that incriminating evidence exists in that account.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
The approach to Earth of Hailey’s Comet in the year 66 is the probable explanation of the account by Josephus of a sword that hung over Jerusalem for a whole year.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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