probability
Example Sentences
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According to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, each percentage point that mortgage rates exceed a homeowner’s existing fixed rate reduces the probability of a sale by about 18%.
From Barron's
Then in a U-turn earlier this month, it said there was a connection "on the balance of probabilities".
From BBC
The health board, the equivalent of an NHS Trust elsewhere in the UK, now says it accepts that on the "balance of probabilities" the hospital environment, particularly the water system, caused some infections.
From BBC
Raven wakes up already inside the Mercy system with 90 minutes to prove his innocence or at least get his probability of guilt under 92% and avoid instant death.
From Los Angeles Times
The lobster analogy “is a way of engaging in ideas that the market has ignored because it thinks the probability is either too low or too long term,” Jonas says.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
