chances
Example Sentences
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If you set a lower bar, then the chances of clearing it rise.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
They'll now have three chances to clinch their first title since 1973, starting with game five on Saturday in San Antonio.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
No two El Niños are the same, but a strong event typically fuels hot, dry weather in parts of South America, South East Asia and Australia, raising the chances of droughts and wildfires.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
How Platner affects his party’s chances of taking Senate control depends on what happens next, Brewer said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Any leak at that point would ruin Sheehan’s chances of breaking what James Reston was now calling “the greatest story of the century.”
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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