chances
Example Sentences
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MPS shareholders are to vote on the plan at a meeting on October 29 but its chances of passing seem increasingly unlikely.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Judge doesn’t have too many more chances, even if he is able to return to his previous form when the impending lockout ends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Great Britain hope to qualify and in a bid to boost their chances, they are looking to identify male and female athletes from other sports who have the potential to convert.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Their chances of being preserved would also have depended heavily on where they lived and on a rare combination of chemical conditions after death.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
Skinny as I was, I didn’t want to take any chances, so I didn’t go far—just far enough to be surrounded by tall trees where no one from The Village would see me.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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