probability
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The probability of it happening within three months increases from 6-9% to 21-27%.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Mitchell has frequently pushed his theory that players who can reach 1,000 PWR playing minutes a season "gives them a higher probability" of playing for the Red Roses.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The Fed funds futures are pricing around a 92% probability of a 25bps hike, marking the first-rate increase since 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The conventional gold model says hotter inflation increases the probability of higher interest rates, raising the opportunity cost of owning a nonyielding asset like gold.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
The probability of obtaining 4XX is Vs x Ws x % = 25/2i6, which is also the probability of obtaining X4X and XX4.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
If you act like you know the probabilities when you do not, you can bet heavily on the future looking like the past and be completely wrong.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Actuarial analysis, consideration of historical performance and precedent, trend analysis, Monte Carlo scenario modeling and the like help determine probabilities so an investor can calculate the “excess” return required to compensate for a risk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
On the balance of probabilities, she ruled that Daniel had died of a choking incident caused by his undiagnosed oesophageal cancer.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Fundamental particles such as electrons are instead described by a "wavefunction," a mathematical representation that researchers can use to calculate the probabilities of properties such as position and momentum.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
So ran my logic; and having seized upon these probabilities, logic gave way to steep fear.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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