fifty-fifty
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He practiced what Mr. Leeke calls “the fifty-fifty defense”: When he was unsure of a call, he had a 50% chance of guessing correctly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
Squid born in early July had a fifty-fifty chance of using either tactic.
From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2024
For Australia's Reserve Bank, bets are fifty-fifty for a half-point or quarter-point hike on Tuesday.
From Reuters • Sep. 30, 2022
The secretary general, he said, had improved the gender balance in leadership roles: "We now have basically fifty-fifty parity of male and females at senior levels and of the secretary general's representatives in the field."
From BBC • Jul. 14, 2022
Jean de Satigny was looking for a partner to put up the capital, the work, and the stock houses; someone who would run all the risks and divide the profits fifty-fifty.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
