certainty

Example Sentences

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We take it day by day, week by week, like adults who have finally accepted that certainty is an illusion.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

This includes long-term contracts to replenish munitions stocks so defense contractors can invest in production lines with more certainty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

It is not possible to conclude "with certainty" that the wrong donor was used, she says.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

“The WBD Board has been guided by the singular principle of securing a transaction that maximizes the value of our iconic assets and delivers as much certainty as possible to our shareholders,” Warner Bros.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

A standard argument was that a Christian needed moral certainty of the truths of their faith, since the fate of their soul was at stake.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton