certainty
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“It’s just this classic case where a little more certainty is preferred versus uncertainty going into a Fed meeting.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The near-complete certainty of a rate hike leaves Lagarde’s remarks, particularly about inflation, as an important hint at the rate path ahead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
“There was not much certainty that he’d be in a much better place. With that, just taking it off the table seemed like the best course of action.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
His gritty 60 was impressive, if perhaps not enough to provide certainty around his place in a congested England batting line-up.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Quinby clawed near those trees with utter certainty she’d reach her goal.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
Importantly, these are choices – not certainties – so the chancellor might free up some money by spending less elsewhere.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
There are no certainties but death and taxes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
These calculations are useful, but they are estimates rather than certainties.
From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026
AI systems produce probabilities, and people treat them as certainties.
From Salon ● May 12, 2026
Pure mathematics does indeed deal with certainties, but its applications are only as good as the underlying empirical assumptions, simplifications, and estimations that go into them.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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