conditional probabilities

Definition of conditional probabilitiesnext
plural of conditional probability

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Noun
  • Essentially, this treats historical probabilities as the baseline and raises them based on the current oil, inflation and interest rate environment.
    Michael Khouw, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Oncologists think in probabilities and protocols.
    Amber Nigam, Harvard Business Review, 11 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Shooting percentages rapidly decreased after the intermission, and each team scored just 11 points in the third quarter.
    Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Perhaps the competitive loss quotient is only used to determine the lottery percentages, versus the ultimate order.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 4 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Some version of this happens in all your books—an imagined future opens up new possibilities in the present.
    Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Joey Muldowney, who was drafted two years ago by the Sharks, forward Jake Richard and defenseman Viking Gustafsson-Nyberg are other possibilities to go pro.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026
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“Conditional probabilities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conditional%20probabilities. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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