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Recent Examples of conditional probability
His lasting contribution came posthumously, in a Royal Society paper on conditional probability.
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Siddhartha Mukherjee, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
That’s where conditional probability enters the picture.
—Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Fraud Detection As mentioned earlier, conditional probability allows firms to update risk assessments in real-time.
—Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Thus was born, in these villages, the idea of conditional probabilities and, with it, the practice of conditional love.
—Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 11 July 2024
The prosecutor’s fallacy emerges constantly in problems of conditional probability, leading us sirenlike towards precisely the wrong conclusions—and undetected, sends innocent people to jail.
—David Robert Grimes, Scientific American, 8 Dec. 2023
Each term in the Drake equation sets the conditional probability of the term that comes after.
—Corey S. Powell, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2021
The Goldman team sees a 30% probability of entering a recession over the next year, up from 15% previously, and a 25% conditional probability of entering a recession in the second year if one is avoided in the first.
—Enda Curran, Fortune, 21 June 2022
To calculate the probability of the outcome resulting from any particular branch (a conditional probability), the probabilities of the sequence of events are multiplied.
—New York Times, 13 May 2020
Siddhartha Mukherjee, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
That’s where conditional probability enters the picture.
—Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Fraud Detection As mentioned earlier, conditional probability allows firms to update risk assessments in real-time.
—Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Thus was born, in these villages, the idea of conditional probabilities and, with it, the practice of conditional love.
—Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 11 July 2024
The prosecutor’s fallacy emerges constantly in problems of conditional probability, leading us sirenlike towards precisely the wrong conclusions—and undetected, sends innocent people to jail.
—David Robert Grimes, Scientific American, 8 Dec. 2023
Each term in the Drake equation sets the conditional probability of the term that comes after.
—Corey S. Powell, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2021
The Goldman team sees a 30% probability of entering a recession over the next year, up from 15% previously, and a 25% conditional probability of entering a recession in the second year if one is avoided in the first.
—Enda Curran, Fortune, 21 June 2022
To calculate the probability of the outcome resulting from any particular branch (a conditional probability), the probabilities of the sequence of events are multiplied.
—New York Times, 13 May 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conditional probability
Noun
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For the most nutritional benefit, reach for a higher percentage of dark chocolate—70 percent or higher is ideal!—
Christina Manian,
Health,
18 June 2025
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Because of the difficult choices Clinton made, spending as a percentage of GDP fell to around 17.5%, and revenue as a percentage of GDP topped out at 19.7%.—
Paul Weinstein Jr,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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Patients begin to navigate risk as a terrain—scores, thresholds, probabilities—calibrating and recalibrating their place within it.—
Siddhartha Mukherjee,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
15 June 2025
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Israel’s recent attacks on Iran and the potential of U.S. involvement in the conflict will only serve to heighten the controversy.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
20 June 2025
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In speaking with one talent evaluator earlier this week, the person mentioned Bailey having Hall of Fame potential but also cautioned about his possible drive issues and basketball IQ.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
20 June 2025
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In terms of the Flyers’ willingness to move some of their cache of draft picks, Brière didn’t sound all that sure about that possibility, either.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
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But the defending champions feel no need to panic — even before the team’s upcoming four-game, 10-day roadtrip with the possibility of not having Jonquel Jones available for it.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
21 June 2025
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“Conditional probability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conditional%20probability. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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