odds
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We must play the odds, but we can’t know for sure what will happen.
The Conference Board’s result was at odds with a University of Michigan survey that showed an appreciable March decline.
But Kosovo have developed a taste for upsetting the odds.
From BBC
The odds of an interest-rate cut in the U.S. may be fading but Mexico’s central bank trimmed rates last week, and strategists say it has room to do more on that front.
From Barron's
The conflict upended Federal Reserve interest rate cut bets, with odds of two cuts by year-end dropping from 80% to less than 2%.
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