in all probability

phrase

: almost certainly : very likely
In all probability, he will go home tomorrow.

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Shan relates that in all probability, no one else was fishing within many miles of their tiny craft. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2023 Both are so unlikely that Belarus is, in all probability, not very serious about gathering fees on behalf of copyright holders. — Cassie Werber, Quartz, 11 Jan. 2023 Losing Herbert in all probability would torpedo the Chargers’ season. — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2022 But in recent years their number had dwindled to a handful, and on the morning of the bombing there was only one — a man across the street, obeying a judge’s injunction not to block the entrance, which in all probability saved his life. — Jerry Adler, Good Housekeeping, 14 July 2022 No, this week the scene — like, in all probability, our savings — was stolen by inflation, no longer just a ghost at the feast but a very real presence. — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 13 Nov. 2021

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“In all probability.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20all%20probability. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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