chance
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The discovery could eventually help doctors recognize Alzheimer's years before symptoms develop, potentially allowing treatment to begin when it has the greatest chance of protecting the brain.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026
Outbreaks of rain will then become widespread by the middle of the day, with a chance of thundery downpours in the south.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
For Jeffrey Michelson, a partner at an accounting firm based in New York City, the outage became a welcome chance to check a few items off his to-do list.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
There is a chance that extra amount could cost you additional dollars elsewhere on your tax return or via higher Medicare premiums.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 14, 2026
So there’s a good chance my “gift” will get stronger sometime later today.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
The broadcaster said she was told that her chances of survival depended on the cancerous cells not having spread to her lymph nodes, although it was not clear "how bad it was at that point".
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2026
The Chinese, too, threw cold water on the chances of a breakthrough, with one Chinese official telling The Times the central government saw no benefit to a pause.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
If you’ve been on a cruise, chances are you’ve met someone who was ostensibly sailing on the casino’s dime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
But his Chelsea team-mate, and childhood friend, Palmer had been left out of the squad after boss Thomas Tuchel said he "misses too many chances to impress".
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
It was not a place to take chances.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
The odds on Tuesday for one rate hike in September were at 60%, while a second hike at the Fed’s December meeting was chanced at 36.7%, according to the CME FedWatch Tool.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Ionic Mineral Technologies was mining the clay in Utah when it chanced upon what could be the critical mineral equivalent of a gold mine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
He started out as a fiction writer who, while living in Paris, chanced upon avant-garde jazz and took up the saxophone.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2025
The British director Titley said she chanced upon the reality show and reached out to Nasubi because she felt no one had ever told his side of the story.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2024
And if they chanced to look down and see me struggling underneath them, they saw that even the crooked girl believed her own life was precious.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
He had heard stories of people chancing upon diamonds and hoped that he too would get lucky one day.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2024
Like Friday nights at Blockbuster back in the day, the pleasure of Shudder is in chancing upon under-the-radar stuff.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2019
“You’re always chancing it when you come back,” Romo said during his postgame news conference on Thanksgiving.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 3, 2015
“You’re always chancing it when you come back,” Romo said.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 27, 2015
“We will,” Lily replies, chancing a smile at me.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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Statistics and Probability - Middle School
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