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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With the rescue ship Carpathia arriving nearly two hours after the sinking, those left in the water stood almost no chance of survival.
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
The parents were given a grim prognosis of the 3-year-old’s chance of survival.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 7 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
If someone had been there when Kelly Bryan collapsed, Bryan wonders if her chance of survival would have been better.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 29 Oct. 2025
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
The parents were given a grim prognosis of the 3-year-old’s chance of survival.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 7 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
If someone had been there when Kelly Bryan collapsed, Bryan wonders if her chance of survival would have been better.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 29 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for chance of survival
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“Chance of survival.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chance%20of%20survival. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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