prospect
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Fresh worries about the Middle East ceasefire and the prospect of a US interest rate hike hit stocks and oil prices Thursday, following a rollercoaster week for markets that has sent shivers through trading floors.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
Jonathan Pearce: The goalscoring hopes for the joint-hosts would appear to rest heavily on the shoulders of Fulham's Raul Jimenez but they also have a brilliant prospect for the future in Gonzalez.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
When my 20-year-old son decided he wanted his first credit card, I silently cheered the prospect of one day getting him off my payroll.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
“Most voters are looking at the prospect of winning and losing,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Consequently, we need to think of science as being the result of an evolutionary process where good science has had, over the last five centuries, a better prospect of survival than bad science.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing prospect
"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 19–24
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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A Doll's House
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