probability

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JPMorgan analysts wrote that the probability of military action against Iran having already ended has risen to 70%, up from 7%, before talks between Washington and Tehran start on Friday in Islamabad.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

The firm sees WTI gravitating around $95 a barrel for the rest of this week, with a 90% chance of returning to $100 next week and a 70% probability of a return to $109.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

But the smoothness of this mission - from launch to lunar flyby - has shifted the probability in the right direction.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Rising energy prices have increased the probability of either interest rate hikes or delayed cuts by central banks wary of inflation, UBS noted.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

The story was clever enough to have had by itself, in all probability, the desired effect; but Poseidon, the most bitter of all the gods against Troy, contrived an addition which made the issue certain.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton