unlikely

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Significantly a person's own wishes and preferences will be taken into consideration, however, unless they indicate an objection, it's unlikely that their living arrangements will be considered a deprivation of liberty.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

While BYD, XPeng, Li Auto and NIO have all introduced proprietary chips, the automakers are unlikely to target the mid- to low-end computing segments, where chips are becoming what they describe as “increasingly commoditized.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

It is unlikely that a majority of those polled will change their minds, the survey found, with 3 in 4 saying they will definitely vote for the candidate they named in the polling.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

E-SAF costs about 10 times more than kerosene and even supporters concede it is unlikely to ever match the price of its fossil fuel-based rival.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

The author of the review was an unlikely critic of Darwin’s work: a mathematician-engineer and inventor from Edinburgh named Fleeming Jenkin, who had rarely written about biology.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee