Examples of unlikelihood in a Sentence
Given the unlikelihood of a tax increase, these programs will probably run out of funding next year.
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Trump has consistently mentioned the unlikelihood of getting the Senate to pass a ban, as Republicans would lack the votes to overcome the filibuster.
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Avery Lotz, Axios, 15 Sep. 2024
Keeping with statements from other policymakers, Waller’s sentiments point to an unlikelihood of a rate cut when the Federal Open Market Committee meets later this month, but a stronger likelihood of a move in September.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 17 July 2024
Listen to this article Devant J. Joiner has withdrawn as one of Gov. Ned Lamont’s nominees as a judge of the Superior Court, acknowledging the unlikelihood of overcoming an unfavorable report by the legislature’s Judiciary Committee.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2024
The top of the stretch became a seven-wide guessing game, keeping outcomes of all sizes, stripes and degrees of unlikelihood alive exhiliratingly late in a race that sits on mothballs for 364 days.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024
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Avery Lotz, Axios, 15 Sep. 2024
Keeping with statements from other policymakers, Waller’s sentiments point to an unlikelihood of a rate cut when the Federal Open Market Committee meets later this month, but a stronger likelihood of a move in September.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 17 July 2024
Listen to this article Devant J. Joiner has withdrawn as one of Gov. Ned Lamont’s nominees as a judge of the Superior Court, acknowledging the unlikelihood of overcoming an unfavorable report by the legislature’s Judiciary Committee.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2024
The top of the stretch became a seven-wide guessing game, keeping outcomes of all sizes, stripes and degrees of unlikelihood alive exhiliratingly late in a race that sits on mothballs for 364 days.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024
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“Unlikelihood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unlikelihood. Accessed 7 Oct. 2024.
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unlikelihood
noun
un·like·li·hood
ˌən-ˈlī-klē-ˌhu̇d 
ˈən-
: the quality or state of being unlikely
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