dice

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The other issue: If you visit friends who aren’t EV owners, you’re rolling the dice on whether their home’s electrical system can charge your vehicle, even if you bring your own charger.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

"A piece of bone the size of a dice contains 74 kilometers of tunnels," says Qin.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

Once again, Thomas substituted the word’s most natural meaning for an alternative that loads the dice: Miscarriage, he wrote, is what happens any time mail fails “to arrive properly,” no matter the reason.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

The weightings in equities are highest among investors earning the least money, possibly because they feel most in need of rolling the dice.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026

Adding, we find that the probability of a 4 coming up on two of the three dice is W21S, which is the fraction of the time you’ll win $2.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos