unlikely

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She pointed out, however, that this is unlikely to be “an either/or situation.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

These unique circumstance means Lidl is unlikely to be adding pubs to its 13,000 shops across the world.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Moreover, I didn’t buy some developments in the final act, which goes in unlikely directions and leaves her character at an unsatisfying position between two moral possibilities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

“It is highly unlikely that trade into the Gulf will simply resume,” Neil Roberts, head of marine and aviation at Lloyd’s Market Association, which represents Lloyd’s underwriters, said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The unlikely trio went off to meet the Mona Lisa.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day