probability
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All five of the Premier League teams are ranked inside the top 10 for overall win probability and all have been given a more than 50% chance of reaching the last-16.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The probability of an eruption remains high until Monday morning, the country's geology agency warned.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
The market is split on whether the Fed will hike, with a quarter-point raise given 56% probability, according to LSEG.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
But in all probability, we’ve been in this technological stage for nearly a year, even though it was hard to notice given the relentless debate over the financial, economic and social dimensions of AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
“The probability of success went way down after I screwed up the last mission.”
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
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Softer inflation readings in June and July had eased pressure on the Fed to raise rates in September, with market-implied probabilities of a hike falling below 40% earlier this month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
On the balance of probabilities, she ruled that Daniel had died of a choking incident caused by his undiagnosed oesophageal cancer.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Fundamental particles such as electrons are instead described by a "wavefunction," a mathematical representation that researchers can use to calculate the probabilities of properties such as position and momentum.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 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
Another counter-intuitive problem involving seemingly disproportionate probabilities concerns a New York City man who has a woman friend in the Bronx and one in Brooklyn.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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