probable
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In November 2025, a Ukrainian first-person-view drone used an AI-assisted guidance system to strike a probable Russian tank after the drone’s communications link with its operator was disrupted.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
The report agrees that this was the most probable source of the fire, due to an overheating electrical supply cable - although it remains unclear what exactly the electrical defect was.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Between Jan. 1 and Aug. 21, there were 336 confirmed and probable cyclosporiasis cases in California, the state health department reported.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Satellite imagery reviewed by the Center for Strategic and International Studies indicates “a clear surge in construction activity in 2026” and a shift “from active excavation toward probable internal construction.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
That I will get heads when I flip this coin is more probable than that I will get heads when I flip this coin and get a 6 when I roll that die.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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