probability
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"The net effect is broadly supportive of risk assets and materially reduces the probability of an October rate hike."
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
They were dialing back those expectations late-morning Wednesday to a 37.1% probability, after a reading on August inflation from the personal consumption expenditures price index showed that its year-over-year climb eased to 3.4%.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
It would drop the probability of making it 95 with money remaining to 35.4%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
In this case, it corresponds to the probability that the device produces the correct result when given a pure W-state input.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026
I stopped: I could not trust myself to entertain, much less to express, the thought that rushed upon me—that embodied itself,—that, in a second, stood out a strong, solid probability.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Since all those probabilities are based on speculation, estimates range from 0% to nearly 100%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
New features for TV audiences attempted to enhance the viewer experience, with athlete headshots, win probabilities and projected finishing positions flashing up on screen.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
On TV, augmented reality was used to display athlete headshots, win probabilities and projected finishing positions for each event.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 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
Facts must come first, and inescapable conclusions, at least about probabilities, must be based upon them.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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