chance
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A top scientist at the company, Evan Hubinger, wrote on X that he thought there was a more than 10% chance AI could kill all humans in the next decade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
VSCs and safety cars are commonplace in F1 and they always afford drivers and teams the chance to gain or lose depending on the decisions they make when they occur.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
But Shelton had reason to believe he’d been presented with as good a chance as any on Sunday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Yet that was also the option that presented the best chance for Pride to achieve his maximum potential.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
After that he was on the river every Saturday and I didn't have a chance to race until spring.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
Another, who did not resign, stated publicly that "we really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans", and that he thought the chances were greater than "10 percent within the next decade".
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Another Anthropic employee, who did not resign, stated publicly that "we really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans," and that he thought the chances were greater than "10 percent within the next decade."
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
Turning her ankle during the Cincinnati quarter-finals left the 27-year-old unable to walk for several days afterwards and put her chances of even competing at Flushing Meadows in jeopardy.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Before the inflation report, the chances were about 70%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
If the crew did not reach one of the islands, their chances of survival were very small.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
The odds on Tuesday for one rate hike in September were at 60%, while a second hike at the Fed’s December meeting was chanced at 36.7%, according to the CME FedWatch Tool.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Ionic Mineral Technologies was mining the clay in Utah when it chanced upon what could be the critical mineral equivalent of a gold mine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
Mr Sen, who runs a tour company, chanced upon a newspaper article about city enthusiasts lighting up some of the city's grand but often neglected heritage buildings.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2025
He started out as a fiction writer who, while living in Paris, chanced upon avant-garde jazz and took up the saxophone.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2025
One day, Mr. Sharpe and I chanced to enter the kitchen while Bono pasted.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
“I was chancing my arm seeing if I could get flying lessons,” Jean-Baptiste continues, laughing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025
If chancing the arm sounds simple, look what happened when Zak Crawley tried the same.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2024
It’s very satisfying to see an actress like Ms. Kidman use everything in her artistic toolbox while also chancing the audience’s sympathy and love.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2018
A year and a half after chancing into each other at that Port-au-Prince hotel, Nico and I moved in together in San Francisco.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 13, 2015
Was it worth chancing it, or should he double back?
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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Statistics and Probability - Middle School
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