fifty-fifty
Example Sentences
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He practiced what Mr. Leeke calls “the fifty-fifty defense”: When he was unsure of a call, he had a 50% chance of guessing correctly.
“I computed the statistics,” he says, “and decided it was fifty-fifty.”
“You could lose all your money or multiply it 20 times—and the chance was fifty-fifty,” he said.
Squid born in early July had a fifty-fifty chance of using either tactic.
From Science Daily
He said there is “a fifty-fifty chance for missionary Baek’s release as Russia won’t give up relations with South Korea completely.”
From Seattle Times
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