likeliness

Example Sentences

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“If only one in 100 adult orangutans is removed from a population per year, this population has a high likeliness to go extinct.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2018

This nonresponse is very loosely correlated with likeliness to vote but mainly reflects passing inclinations to participate in polling.

From Slate • Aug. 5, 2016

A forensic psychologist for the defense said he recommended Griego receive five more years of treatment, despite the likeliness that Griego's treatment at Sequoyah Lodge would likely end in 2018.

From US News • Feb. 11, 2016

But likeliness, like Elvis, has left the building.

From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2016

This that I have told you is gospel truth; and all the other things that you hear about the Emperor are foolish stories with no human likeliness.

From Folk-Tales of Napoleon The Napoleon of the People; Napoleonder by Kennan, George