odds
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On a typical sportsbook, bettors are up against the proverbial “house,” which sets the odds, whereas prediction markets pit traders against one another.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
He has said many times that he initially gave low odds to Tesla and SpaceX being successful more than 20 years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Not having to pay billions of dollars to Musk in damages may help those odds.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
Mahan said the idea the two are inherently at odds is false, because “business needs labor, and labor needs business,” and the real question is “how to balance everyone’s needs.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
Given the odds, “my staff refused to do anything more with it. They said it isn’t worth working on; there isn’t enough material. We can’t do anything with it.”
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
Vocabulary lists containing odds
"Stone Fox" by John Reynolds Gardiner
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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"The Tragedy of Hamlet," Vocabulary from Act 5
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