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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Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge stood little chance of survival Tuesday when a cargo ship rammed into it: Its vertical support structure seemed flimsy for a bridge spanning such a busy port, experts said, and did not appear to be protected by a substantial impact barrier. —Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024

By contrast, patients receiving standard resuscitation measures have essentially no chance of survival after 40 minutes. —Helen Ouyang, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024

Cox and her husband, Justin—who have two children, calling to mind the fact that most people who have abortions are parents already—recently found out that Cox’s pregnancy with their third child carried no chance of survival thanks to a fatal condition called trisomy 18. —Emma Specter, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2023

The German band announced Suzuki’s death on social media Saturday; while cause of death wasn’t provided, Suzuki had been battling colon cancer for a decade, and revealed in a 2022 documentary that he was previously given a 10-percent chance of survival. —Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2024

Doherty credits her tenacity to her mother, Rosa, who was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm when the actress was 8, and given a 10% chance of survival. —EW.com, 30 Nov. 2023

Both sets of parents were told their infants had about a 40 percent chance of survival. —Cathy Free, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023

At one point, her chance of survival was fifty per cent. —Han Zhang, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2023

As a premature baby, Evie experienced various health issues, including pulmonary hypertension and Madison and her husband Dylan Statler were told that their newborn had a 50-60% chance of survival. —David Chiu, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2023