chance of survival
noun phrase
: likelihood that someone will continue to live in spite of present-day difficult conditions (such as being ill or injured)
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For example, premature infants born at 22 weeks have a 33% chance of survival now, according to study published in 2023 in the Journal of Perinatology.
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Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Dec. 2025
Blair wanted to avoid having six weeks of intensive, targeted radiotherapy, but has since been scheduled to undergo the treatment at the Beatson Cancer Center in Glasgow in the hopes of boosting her chance of survival.
—Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
With the rescue ship Carpathia arriving nearly two hours after the sinking, those left in the water stood almost no chance of survival.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
The reality star said his doctors warned that a transplant is his only chance of survival.
—Vivian Kwarm, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
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Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Dec. 2025
Blair wanted to avoid having six weeks of intensive, targeted radiotherapy, but has since been scheduled to undergo the treatment at the Beatson Cancer Center in Glasgow in the hopes of boosting her chance of survival.
—Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
With the rescue ship Carpathia arriving nearly two hours after the sinking, those left in the water stood almost no chance of survival.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
The reality star said his doctors warned that a transplant is his only chance of survival.
—Vivian Kwarm, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Chance of survival.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chance%20of%20survival. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
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