chances are

idiom

: it is very likely that

Chances are she has already heard the news.

Examples of chances are in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The heaviest chances are over the western and southern Upper Peninsula, including Menominee, Escanaba and Iron Mountain, where up to a half inch of snow could mix with a light glaze of ice. —Brandi D. Addison, Freep.com, 6 Jan. 2026

Precipitation chances are lower on Friday, ranging between 20% and 45%. —Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2026

Shower chances are higher north of I-4 as precipitation is expected to dissipate the farther south the front moves. —Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2026

If your furniture needs dusting every week, chances are your plants are gathering dust too. —Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026

If your attitude toward screen time is healthy, chances are your kids’ will be too. —Taylor Grothe, Parents, 1 Jan. 2026

Name some of your favorite movies and chances are Reiner directed them. —Lee Cowan, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025

There are optional add-ons like sea urchin, fatty tuna (o-toro) and barracuda, but chances are stomach real estate has become scarce, and the remaining three courses will close it down. —John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025

And those chances are greater in September and March due to the equinox effect. —Emilee Coblentz, Outside, 24 Dec. 2025

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