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probability

[prob-uh-bil-i-tee] / ˌprɒb əˈbɪl ɪ ti /


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“The past 24 hours have been a reminder that crude is currently trading the headline probability tree more than the slow-moving balance,” Gelber & Associates says in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

"What we're trying to point out in this paper is that you could have a different kind of environmental dependence, even if the annihilation probability is constant in the center of the galaxy," explains Krnjaic.

From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026

By early Wednesday that probability had fallen to just 0.8%.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

But the smoothness of this mission - from launch to lunar flyby - has shifted the probability in the right direction.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

It is not difficult to show this using a tool from probability theory called an expectation, which is a measure of how much we expect each envelope to be worth.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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