probability

Although you might find even that high a probability to be alarming, you should know that the average of those probabilities over the last five years has been 26%.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

“It’s a low probability, but the consequences are so enormous that you’ve got to factor it in,” said Jane Swanson, president of Mothers for Peace, a San Luis Obispo-based nonprofit, in a recent phone call.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

Telegram channels -- sifting through intelligence data -- close the information gap, putting out daily forecasts on the probability of different types of attacks.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

The probability of a September hike dipped below 50% after the release of Wednesday’s report, according to CME Group.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

If one-tenth of all people have a certain blood type, what is the probability that, of the next hundred people we randomly select, exactly eight will have the blood type in question? at most, eight?

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

The balance of probabilities looks tilted toward a rate rise over the next six months or so, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

While elevated, this probability is not much higher than the five-year average of forecast probabilities for this particular sector: 35%.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026

Forecasts from the WMO global network "indicate a pronounced shift toward El Nino conditions, with probabilities reaching 80 percent for June-August", the Geneva-based organisation said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

AI systems produce probabilities, and people treat them as certainties.

From Salon ● May 12, 2026

One man may put it down to sun spots while another invoking the law of probabilities doesn’t believe it.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck