certainty

Example Sentences

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Had the striker gone down, embellishing the level of contact, a VAR review feels like it would have been a certainty.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

There is no certainty that a new offer will be made, the private-equity company added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

There is less certainty around the effect on wildfire season in California.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

That hasn’t stopped Americans from pushing back against the certainty of taxes—death is another matter—since the cry of “no taxation without representation” helped spark the Revolutionary War.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Like the certainty that your body is a single whole, that there’s something keeping you from breaking into pieces and scattering with the winds.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu