How to Use worst-case in a Sentence

worst-case

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• Far Cry 5 was a sort of worst-case scenario for the Arc B570.
  — PCMAG, 25 Jan. 2025
• But steps can be taken to avert this worst-case scenario.
  — Agnès Callamard, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2024
• Whoops, that was my worst-case scenario for the Niners, apologies!
  — Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
• But in practice, worst-case proofs of algorithms are hard to achieve.
  — Dorit Dor, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
• Here’s a look at the best- and worst-case scenarios for SMU and a win-loss prediction for the season.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2023
• This worst-case scenario needs to be addressed but will not happen soon.
  — Bhopi Dhall and Saurajit Kanungo, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• This was also slightly less than its worst-case scenario that put it at a loss of as much as $1.15 per share.
  — Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2024
• And, in the event of a worst-case scenario, Sueann insisted on getting life preservers.
  — Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 12 Oct. 2024
• But Canales’s worst-case scenarios also have come true, at least for the time being.
  — Sam Lubell, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
• The problem was his two-inning start put the Guardians on a collision course with their worst-case scenario.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 29 Aug. 2023
• The team’s worst-case scenario would be giving up picks and prospects for rentals, only to miss the postseason or be a first-round out.
  — Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
• The metro area could see nearly 5 inches in a worst-case scenario, while the area from Mena to Clinton could get more than 6 inches.
  — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 4 Apr. 2025
• The potential cuts represent a worst-case scenario if none of the budget hole is filled.
  — Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
• Not everyone is buying into the idea of a worst-case scenario.
  — Rebekah Evans, theweek, 5 Aug. 2024
• But experts have warned that, in a worst-case scenario, the transition of power could be thrown into chaos.
  — Phoebe Petrovic, ProPublica, 30 Oct. 2024
• At this point, that almost feels like a worst-case scenario for a Missouri team dreaming bigger dreams.
  — Brendan Marks, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
• Here are ways for people to prepare and respond in worst-case scenarios.
  — Hannah Sampson, Andrea Sachs and Sofia Andrade, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Aug. 2023
• And our imaginations are liable to fill in the blanks with worst-case scenarios.
  — Michael Flannery, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
• In a worst-case scenario, economists fear these policies could set the stage for a recession.
  — Krystal Hur, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
• The happy ending was a welcome change of pace for deputies who often deal with worst-case scenarios.
  — Jade Thomas, The Indianapolis Star, 6 May 2024
• In a worst-case scenario, only one quarterback, or none, get selected in the top three.
  — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 25 Mar. 2025
• Sanders himself later downplayed that risk as a worst-case scenario.
  — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
• In a worst-case scenario, a hacker could take control of a CAV with passengers onboard.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 4 Jan. 2024
• While most cities use the base case or status quo to budget, many also use a parallel worst-case scenario.
  — Michael D. Belsky, Chicago Tribune, 19 Nov. 2024
• Some may question whether all the preparation was worth it, given that a worst-case scenario didn’t hit L.A., Crowley said.
  — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2023
• That might not even have been the worst worst-case individual scenario to come true, either.
  — Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
• The fire spread over 50 kilometers that day, more than doubling worst-case scenarios.
  — David Wallace-Wells, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2023
• But there is a small chance a thunderstorm could emerge directly over a burn scar — a worst-case scenario that could cause problems.
  — Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
• And for this new hash table, the time required for worst-case queries and insertions is proportional to (log x)2 — far faster than x.
  — Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 10 Feb. 2025
• So What’s the Endgame? To be sure, the potential pitfalls presented here are all worst-case scenarios.
  — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025