Examples of chances are in a Sentence
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With this horrific wintry weather, chances are something in your home is suddenly in need of repair.
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Dave Lieber, Dallas Morning News, 30 Jan. 2026
The rain predicted for South Florida during this week’s hardy cold snap, which will keep temperatures in the 40s and 50s through at least the middle of next week, could fall Friday and Saturday, when chances are 30% in the Miami and Fort Lauderdale areas.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
But your best chances are in northern-tier states such as Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota and northern Wisconsin, with clearer skies and darker locations offering the strongest odds.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
And while there's a chance the Fed cuts rates further and pushes down mortgage rates even more, the chances are low at its January meeting.
—Aly J Yale, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
The United States Air Force is getting ready to take over the critical nuclear command and control mission set from the Navy after almost 25 years, and chances are the mission could be handed over to the new E-4C Doomsday planes.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 27 Jan. 2026
Make it to the end, and chances are they’ll be murdered.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
Precipitation chances are at zero percent for the Orlando metro and Daytona Beach, but increase moving further south, peaking at 20 percent.
—Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2026
While chances are these organizations will accept everything and sort it out later, not everything can actually be donated for resale and may need to be thrown away or recycled instead.
—Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2026
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Dave Lieber, Dallas Morning News, 30 Jan. 2026
The rain predicted for South Florida during this week’s hardy cold snap, which will keep temperatures in the 40s and 50s through at least the middle of next week, could fall Friday and Saturday, when chances are 30% in the Miami and Fort Lauderdale areas.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
But your best chances are in northern-tier states such as Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota and northern Wisconsin, with clearer skies and darker locations offering the strongest odds.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
And while there's a chance the Fed cuts rates further and pushes down mortgage rates even more, the chances are low at its January meeting.
—Aly J Yale, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
The United States Air Force is getting ready to take over the critical nuclear command and control mission set from the Navy after almost 25 years, and chances are the mission could be handed over to the new E-4C Doomsday planes.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 27 Jan. 2026
Make it to the end, and chances are they’ll be murdered.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
Precipitation chances are at zero percent for the Orlando metro and Daytona Beach, but increase moving further south, peaking at 20 percent.
—Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2026
While chances are these organizations will accept everything and sort it out later, not everything can actually be donated for resale and may need to be thrown away or recycled instead.
—Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2026
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“Chances are.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chances%20are. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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