probable
Example Sentences
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Heavy rain could cause "disruption and probable flooding" on Monday with an amber weather warning in place for south Wales.
From BBC
Another judgment call: Under the accounting rules, Meta would have to include the residual-value guarantee in its lease liabilities if the payments owed are “probable.”
A 23-member grand jury, not Bragg himself, found probable cause of a crime and made Trump the first former president to face criminal charges.
From Washington Post
In a large area of the Mississippi Valley, “at least a few long-track, strong to potentially violent tornadoes” are probable, the Prediction Center said.
From New York Times
To get a warrant to arrest someone, an officer must convince a judge there is probable cause — meaning, essentially, there is a good reason to do so — and get the judge’s signature.
From New York Times
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