worst case
Example Sentences
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What about the worst-case scenario?
From BBC
But in the worst-case scenario, the economy remains on a measly path.
From BBC
It added: “This condition, if not corrected, could lead in the worst-case scenario to an uncommanded elevator movement that may result in exceeding the aircraft’s structural capability.”
From MarketWatch
They include policies championed by nonprofit groups tied to the effective-altruism movement, a broad social and moral philosophy that has become divisive in Silicon Valley owing in part to its focus on potential worst-case scenarios in AI development.
"The worst-case scenario is that we have lost our flat," he says.
From BBC
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