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

So the team asked the state to grant them a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes, something commonly used in real-estate development to mitigate risk by creating tax certainty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Zhang knew every major, university, and career path so thoroughly that he spoke with absolute certainty.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 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

For the Arguments to induce belief, though of sufficient certainty, yet do not so constrain the mind to give its assent, but there is prudence and choice in it.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton