probability

Example Sentences

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Sticking only with the U.S. and just plucking a ticker symbol out of a hat would put the probability of picking the coming century’s champ at barely 0.02%.

From The Wall Street Journal

With "appropriate care" Aarav's cardiac arrest and death "would have been avoided" on the balance of probabilities, the trust admitted.

From BBC

“But the longer energy prices stay high, the more markets are likely to assign higher probabilities to left tail outcomes and policy mistakes, with rate hikes back on the table now.”

From MarketWatch

“But the longer energy prices stay high, the more markets are likely to assign higher probabilities to left tail outcomes and policy mistakes, with rate hikes back on the table now.”

From MarketWatch

In younger adults, focusing on short-term risk often underestimates the probability that they can get sick later in life.

From MarketWatch