likelihood

Example Sentences

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DHS regulations allow continued detention when “there is a significant likelihood of removing a detained alien in the reasonably foreseeable future.”

From Los Angeles Times

Any words from Powell or hints in the data that disrupt bets on the Fed’s next move could mean pain for stocks until the central bank does, in all likelihood, slash rates next week.

From Barron's

He ruled out the likelihood of the symptoms being caused by more conventional crowd control measures, such as CS gas, which was also being deployed by Georgia's riot police last year.

From BBC

The research tracked more than 51,000 births and reported that mothers with persistent thyroid hormone imbalance across pregnancy had an increased likelihood of having children with autism.

From Science Daily

Ammonite’s strange orbit lowers the likelihood of the Planet Nine hypothesis.

From Space Scoop